Oops I left my key on my 700R for a couple weeks and battery completely discharged. I jump started it and let it run for about 20 minutes. Shut it off and it restarted fine. A couple hours later it would not restart. Is my battery shot? Where can I get a replacement battery?

 

Its going to take more then 20 minutes to charge the battery, if indeed it isn't bad. You can have them tested anyway. But I would charge it first. Then think about being a battery tender to leave on the battery.

 

im pretty sure on the raptor it has to be moving to be charging... not just runnin

 

I suggest you test the battery. Take it a local auto parts store. They usually have testers there. At least that way you'll be certain if you need a new battery or not.

 

did the battery freeze? If it was at room temp, it should be ok. Just trickle charge it over about 3 days or so and you'll probably be alright.

 

A standard lead-acid battery does not like to be fully discharged,it causes sulfation of the plates, and ruins the ability to store charge. It will charge and work for the day, but when it sits for a while, it rapidly loses charge. Had it happen on both my Wolverine and son's 300ex, leave the key on, drained battery, after that it barely held a charge. If you can find one of those high frequency pulse battery chargers, you might save it, the charger puts out pulses of high freq energy that breaks up the sulfation on the plates and revitalizes the battery, as long as it isn't too far gone. Might be cheaper to just replace the battery, don't want to be left dead out in the woods some where.

 

Most of todays atv batteries are AGM batteries and are quite resilient. I'd charge it for at least a day... Walmart sells small "smart" chargers for less than $20, that float once the battery gets fully charged. If you have something like that and leave it connected you might be okay.

 

A buddy of mine gave me a battery tender a few months back. I left my key on for 2 or 3 days and my battery was dead. Hooked the battery tender to my battery and 24 hours later checked it and the battery was fully charged and ready to go. The best thing about the battery tender is the ability to leave the tender on the battery for as long as you want without any harm to the battery. I would have gone out and bought one if my buddy had not bought me one for sure.