Car battery??

[Joe Breaux]

Question...has anyone tried using a small Automotive battery instead of these cheap powersport batteries that last  about a year?  Can the UTV  charging system  keep up with a larger AMP battery?   I am tired of buying new powersport  ones that last JUST  past the 1 year warrenty..  Theres plenty room for it. and the bigger battery costs about the same $$  with a  3 yr warrenty 

[T-boss 410]

That's actually a pretty good idea. I would think that, as long as the amp rating is close to the OEM battery, there's no reason why it shouldn't work. I don't believe I would have enough room in mine, since it is engineered to just fit the size of the factory battery. I'm actually using a lawn mower battery. The powersports batteries were much more expensive. 

[Joe Breaux]

 I can put it under the seat, run big cables about 4 ft.  The UTV battery is 340CCA  .. I have a 500CCA DURALAST   in my smallest boat..  I think I ll get one like it and try it.. Sick of these little battery failures.. this one makes THREE in a month  on 4 machines 

[T-boss 410]

Is that a deep cycle battery? Would that pose any kind of problem?

[Joe Breaux]

No , its not.. I stopped buying deep cycle batteries years ago.. they simply do not hold up  in my 4 boats.. I need START batteries  not trolling batteries .. I m gonna hook one up in my MSU  .. I think it should work .. I wont use a big 1050 CCA like my  2- 225  Optimax 's use .. just a little 500CCA  like my small YAMAHA 60 uses ..

[T-boss 410]

OK then, let us know how it works out. May be that it's a fix for someone else. 

[Travis]

What brand of battery ya using?  I've been using Yuasa batteries (Kawasakie OEM), i get at least 5 years out of one...  $60 from the kawi dealer.

you can also use a Lawn and Garden battery, provided it fits in the physical space. CCA is what you want.

Have you checked your charging voltage to be sure you aren't cooking the battery?

[Joe Breaux]

It came with a DEKA .. it died and I bought a   WEISE.. its now dead too...  I just  bought the damn MSU500 in 2018.. ....  I am going to Autozone and get 2 -4ft cables to install a 500CCA Duralast  7 year Automotive battery..  ...... oh, its charging  20 A   .....does yours have electric cooling fans on radiator? 

[Travis]

No radiator here, air cooled... 14.5 amp charging system.

  Deka batteries are top shelf, top of the line in batteries.

I'd really check your voltage at the battery while running at idle and high speed.  Most SxS shouldn't be above 15VDC at Full RPM... any higher than that could be an issue with the voltage regulator.

[Joe Breaux]

Maybe the lack of a  big  electric fan load running all day in this heat is why mine fail and yours dont.. mine shows  max charge is  up to 20A  . it is not continuously that high  .. I dont think its  overcharging.. I  will have the new set up in today..  we shall see how it holds up .. 

[Travis]

yeah the regulator usually only puts out 1 to two amps... kind of a trickle charge... while running, but increased with more power load.

Good luck on your set up, maybe them gremlins will pack up and move out.

[Joe Breaux]

If not, I got a brand new can of Gremlin-B-Gone  I can spray it down with ..lol

[Travis]

11 minutes ago, Joe Breaux said:

If not, I got a brand new can of Gremlin-B-Gone  I can spray it down with ..lol

I need some in a glass case.

"In case of emergency, Break glass"

[Joe Breaux]

so far seems  like a success 

[Scott Meszaros]

in my kawasaki mule, i use a sam's club battery for lawn mowers.........keep it on a tender when not in use, especially in the winter months..........usually get about 3 yrs or more out of the battery.....................

[Travis]

11 hours ago, Joe Breaux said:

so far seems  like a success 

 

[Joe Breaux]

those little suckers are hard to get rid of once they find a home