Frozen battery

[yammie3687]

Had the battery freeze on a 2002 sxr 600 last weekend. The headlight seemed to get dimmer and the hand warmers would not work, is there any connection between these problems and the frozen battery?

 

[LazyBastard]

Your juice is getting sucked by a frozen/dead battery. That means less power for the headlight and heaters. When frozen, the battery is GARBAGE. Change it or disconnect it.

 

[Len Todd]

A battery won't freeze unless it is dead. Could be that you were not charging it enough. Once you install the new battery, test the voltage to ensure it is getting a good charge. Also, start with the battery fully charged. A lot of these sleds will not fully charge a partially charged new battery.

 

[RedRX1]

I know that some here have researched batteries for the RX1. I would like to know what is the strongest battery available for the RX. I do not care about weight, I just want it to work.

I was running between Sudbury and Cockrane about 10 days ago and had to jump my 05RX1 4 days in a row. It is a new stock battery fully charged. I never had these problems with my 03, and I had it out in -60 weather.

 

[LazyBastard]

The strongest battery is a stock 03 battery. That battery will crank a frozen bulldozer to life. Later years they wimped out the battery to save weight.

 

[RedRX1]

Thanks LB, I thought that was the case, but I remember guys looking at gel cell batteries and wasn't sure if there was a strong one as well as the light and smaller ones.

I have asked my dealer to replace the 2 month old battery with a good ol 03 battery.

 

[yammie3687]

Thanks for the info on the battery, the sled sat around for a month and lost its juice and froze.