On May 15, 2:24 pm, (Herb and Eneva) wrote:
I hope someone can answer this--- How maintenance free is a
maintenance free battery. I have one in a riding mower that is 2 years
old and most of the time it is dead. I put the charger on it and it is
O.K. untill the next time. How do
you check the specific gravity if you can`t get to the water/acid? What
other maintenance should be done in the future? Thanks all

The main cause of premature demise of batteries of any type in
seasonal equipment is letting it slowly discharge over time while it's
not being used. If you want them to last, get a battery tender,
which will keep it fully charged. Do that and you should get 6 years
out of it. Otherwise, maintenance free totally sealed batteries are
just that and no maintenance is required.