# Battery again?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [October 23, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194 "2010-10-23T12:50:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/1 "2010-10-23T12:50:51Z")
So today I finally had time to try to start my quad and attempt to ride it.
I havent ridden the quad in a few months, mainly because of lack of time.
The battery was dead so I tried jumping it with a battery jumper box but it wouldnt do anything more than crank so I hooked up some jumper cables to my truck and after about 10 minutes it finally started.
After starting it I let it run in the yard for atleast 20 minutes and then I took it in the woods. I had to make a tight turn after turning around because there was a big tree across a trail and I let off the gas and stalled it. Then it wouldnt start, just click so I had my dad come with my truck and jump it (I pushed it out of the woods). It fired right up on the first crank and I rode it home.
When I got home I shut it off and tried starting it again- no luck, just clicking. Then I hooked up the jumper box again it fired right up and ran fine again.
Ive got it on a charger now. Could the battery really be shot again? Its less than a year old from Napa.
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### Author:  [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/2 "2010-10-23T13:59:01Z")
It could be a bad battery or whatever on the quad that charges it is broke
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### Author:  [@Turbo\_B18C\_EJ6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_B18C_EJ6)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/3 "2010-10-23T14:08:39Z")
could be a bad battery or you could have a draw on the system do you have and accessories on it like a winch? also the generator could be shot. put a meter on it and check your voltage with the quad running.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/4 "2010-10-23T14:16:08Z")
No accessories at all (its a 2wd sport quad).
Everything was fine the last time I had it running (after the cdi box was replaced) but its been two months or so.
Ill check the voltage later if I get a chance. Currently its connected to a charger.
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### Author:  [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/5 "2010-10-23T16:44:21Z")
Bring it down to a Wal Mart with a TLE, they will deep cycle test it for you for free.
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/6 "2010-10-23T16:48:49Z")
Either bad battery or the connection is loose somewhere, check if the terminals are tightly bolted.
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/7 "2010-10-23T20:45:38Z")
napa batts are junk man . id get a yuasa from a bike shop or suttin man . more money but they hold up , also get a battery tender as it keeps the battery up without cookin it
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-again/255194/8 "2010-10-23T21:30:18Z")
I got the Napa one because it was all I could find that was in stock on a Saturday afternoon before a Sunday ride.
I know I need a battery tender but I keep forgetting to get one. I had it hooked up to my brother’s tonight.