Warranty on Odyssey PC1500DT

[Foz]

I bought this from Tayna in May 2010, I thought there was about 3 yrs warranty on it but there aint, should this battery last longer? i use it most days if not everyday...........is there any newer batteries for a voyager that last longer?

[Burgerman]

All lead batteries last practically forever if kept fully and correctly charged and never used. No there isnt a "better" battery. You have the best available for that van. The problem isnt the battery but the way its used. Or the vans design - like many modern cars.

All deep cycle batteries will give the stated cycle count/D of D level suggested IF charged correctly. In the case of the Odyssey thats 400 (or better) at 80 percent discharged.

NO lead batteries will last a year and still be "healthy" if permenantly in a state of partial discharge. The Chrysler vans put quite a large draw on the batteries when parked up. Engine management, radio memory, alarm, central locking reciever, plus a bunch more. Added to which is a computer in the tail, running 24/7 to control doors, ramp, lowering sequence etc. So if you leave it for 7 days the battery is around half discharged. It may not have been full to start with... It takes around 5 hours to FULLY recharge it or more. But only a few mins to recharge to 80 to 90 percent. But if you do not fully recharge a lead battery it sulphates and dies over the year.

So regarding warranty I have no idea. But I know the one in my van is now 5 years old, still tests out at 65Ah and is very healthy. Why? Because I leave a charger (Ctek) plugged in and sat on the wall in my drive behind the gate. Every time I come home, I connect it up.

Now ALL modern vehicles are bad for this, and all really need a solar charger built into the roof. But they dont have one so this is the alternative.problem. Do this: http://www.wheelchairdriver.com/images- ... charge.JPG If you dont drive it for more than a couple of days and the battery will be good in 6 to 10 years. Dont bother and a year is likely all you will get. As for warranty, it doesent cover sulphation caused by undercharging anyway.

[Foz]

thanks for that!...............

[Burgerman]

For what its worth Deep Cycle batteries seldom have more than 12 months warrantee because even used correctly, if you do 150x 100 percent cycles thats it! That might be 4 months...

Or 400 cycles at 80 percent so just over a year.

Or 1000 at 50 percent so still fails under a 3 year warranty.

STARTER ONLY batteries dont generally get cycled and are lights, ignition and starting only, these get an average 5 percent discharge. So if used every day in a stock car, and one with less drain, might last 5 years. So 3 year warranty on starter batteries is quite common.

But it would have not lasted half as long as the odyssey in your van under the same circumstances.

When I was selling Optima batteries, people used to buy them because they had "battery problems" with lesser batteries. Well the same thing happened. They became sulphated. I used to keep a non sulphated one cut open to show the customer. They looked dark grey/silver and metal. When you cut up THEIR failed battery to show what I was talking about it was literally solid and jam packed with white sulphate crystals caused by undercharging or low use.

When you charge a battery FULLY to 101 percent these are returned to the acid. If left they harden and then can never be removed.

[Foz]

Battery is ok, charged it overnight and then had it checked a th garage, seems ok he said!................might have a draiin!

[Burgerman]

You DO have a drain. The van drains it, there is considerable drain as you get out, then more as parked up. You dont drive for long enough to put power back adequately.