Topic: Odd thing with my battery?

[scartail]

I didn't drive my CB for over a month. I put the trickle charger on, and left for vacation. When I got back, the battery was pretty much dead. I looked at the fluid levels, and saw that one (only one) cell was at half level. Any ideas on what could have done this? It is a relatively new battery, bought about 3~4 months ago from Walmart. So, I topped off the battery and put it back on the charger. It won't hold a voltage beyond 12v. I am thinking the battery is gone.

[Deltarider]

Your tricklecharger is one of the many that are not what they promise and has in fact overcharged your battery. My advice: just charge your battery once a month and then disconnect till the next time. There's no need to charge your battery when it reads  12,5 V or more. Just wasting energy.

[Magpie]

It would better not to use a trickle charger because it's always charging the battery but a Battery Tender type of charger. This is a low output charger with a microprocessor that will sense when the battery needs charging, charges it to a full load then goes into a maintenance mode, not charging but monitoring the level of charge. There are many types of these but Battery Tender is probably the most recognized name  http://www.batterytender.com/  I have one plugged into my Goldwing all the time and also use it to top up the batteries in my 750's.
Cliff.

[scartail]

Thanks for your inputs guys. So, do you think the battery is recoverable?

[OldSchool_IsCool]

Thanks for your inputs guys. So, do you think the battery is recoverable?

I wouldn't trust it until it proves itself.  Even more so in cold weather.