I dunno how old your battery is, but if it's more than about 5 years old,
a new one at around $130 is cheap insurance against problems.
Keep the old one around-- I find that having an old (but good) battery in the hangar is handy for testing lights, etc.
The EarthX are working out well. The instant they drop below 12.8, they get an "Optimate" charge.
Optimate chargers run a diagnostic cycle before bulk charging begins. I tried my Optimate on my Odyssey battery and it never initiated the charge cycle. It works great on the two healthy EarthX batteries but goes into fault about a minute in with the one battery I have that flashes a trouble code.
I believe my charger is the TM291 5 amp model.
Wow! I am 12 years on an Odyssey 680 with zero problems. Looks like I better be thankful for my "borrowed time!" While we are on battery issues - have any of you experimental folks had experience with the new sealed super-light lithium batteries comparable to the Odyssey PC680? Is every Earth-X battery a lithium? I am hearing big scary stories (not too hard on about any subject these days) of fire risks with the lithiums. When I try to study this online, all I find is chatter about batteries doing bad stuff while in people's stuff on commercial airlines - nothing about performance in the battery box of a cub that isn't the biased advertisement sort of thing.
Good article posted in post #128 here https://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?51192-Earth-X-batteries-ok-or-not/page4Wow! I am 12 years on an Odyssey 680 with zero problems. Looks like I better be thankful for my "borrowed time!" While we are on battery issues - have any of you experimental folks had experience with the new sealed super-light lithium batteries comparable to the Odyssey PC680? Is every Earth-X battery a lithium? I am hearing big scary stories (not too hard on about any subject these days) of fire risks with the lithiums. When I try to study this online, all I find is chatter about batteries doing bad stuff while in people's stuff on commercial airlines - nothing about performance in the battery box of a cub that isn't the biased advertisement sort of thing.
I want that battery that flashes the trouble code. How do I get it?
Jerry
Visions of the mad scientist dissecting EarthX batteries with all kinds of wires and test equipment. Inquiring minds want to know.I want that battery that flashes the trouble code. How do I get it?
Jerry
After going through 3 Odyssey PC925s on the Polaris 6-wheeler at the cabin I put the troubled EarthX on and it’s doing a great job. For an occasional use wheeler with no parasitic load (not EFI) I couldn’t understand why the Odysseys crapped out but the EarthX is ready every time (so far). C’mon, spring!
It works great on the two healthy EarthX batteries but goes into fault about a minute in with the one battery I have that flashes a trouble code.
Visions of the mad scientist dissecting EarthX batteries with all kinds of wires and test equipment. Inquiring minds want to know.