{"id":5374,"date":"2020-05-10T15:16:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2020-05-10T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T19:16:53","slug":"new-battery-for-my-xj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/new-battery-for-my-xj\/","title":{"rendered":"New battery for my XJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Troubleshooting a slow start on my Renix stroker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been experiencing some odd behavior when starting my Renix Cherokee lately.  While the starter sounded like it was spinning fine, the engine would not fire up.  Often it would fire just as I let go of the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5375\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been running an old Optima battery that I got back when ChumpCar was giving them away as part of their sponsorship,  The battery read over twelve volts and the starter sounded fine.  However, I noticed that the REM was shutting off and the voltage was dropping while trying to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Adding a small lithium battery would cause it to fire right up every time.  So I decided to try testing the battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"528\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima3.jpg 396w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure enough, the internal resistance was high meaning it was sulfated.  I tried a cheap <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WhMpIJ\" class=\"aioseop-link\">deslufater <\/a>but after several cycles, the battery actually read lower current so I gave up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WhMpIJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5376\" width=\"497\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima4.jpg 994w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima4-300x255.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optima4-768x652.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So today I decided to pick up another battery. I decided to go back with another <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WiGCTe\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Optima<\/a> since they seem to handle the vibrations well.  Now the Jeep starts right up as it should. I am no longer afraid to shut it off in the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WiGCTe\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"528\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optimanew.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5377\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optimanew.jpg 396w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/optimanew-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WiGCTe\" class=\"aioseop-link\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WiGCTe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troubleshooting a slow start on my Renix stroker. I have been experiencing some odd behavior when starting my Renix Cherokee lately. While the starter sounded like it was spinning fine, the engine would not fire up. Often it would fire just as I let go of the key. I have been running an old Optima &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/new-battery-for-my-xj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New battery for my XJ&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[210,515,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5379,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions\/5379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}