On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 3:45:44 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote:
Danny D. posted for all of us...



trader_4 wrote, on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 04:33:22 -0800:

I'd say it tested bad. They told you based on the load test that
it was on the last 25% of it's life, which means it has reduced
capacity and they are *guessing* that's about how much life it has
left. You also know it's 4 years old. But it's your generator, house
and battery.

Fair enough.

If it were a critical application, I'd worry more. I can live without
power when it goes out (like very many people do). If I "really" want
to start the generator, I can "jump it" from my car.

So, it's not a mission critical situation if the battery doesn't
start the generator the next time the power goes out.

Then why have the generator? I love the thought of going out on a blizzard
night when the power goes out, the garage door won't open and the car
battery is dead. Oh wait, I have to put that on hold because the pipes are
freezing. I can't think over the noise of the wife letting me know what I
should have done.

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Tekkie

It's mitigated by the fact that Danny lives in northern CA where the
climate is more moderate. He does say the power seems to go out a lot
though. If it were me, I'd agree, having an older battery that the shop
tested and said was on the last 25% or so of it's life, I'd just replace
it. But where he is, if it won't start, not too likely he'll have to
deal with it in a blizzard or hurricane. It also depends if it;s where
you can pull the car up and easily jump it. But like you, I wouldn't want
to deal with that even at 9PM in the dark, when a new battery doesn't
cost that much.