I have a 3 year old John Deere garden tractor and a 3 year old battery installed in it. Not having used it for 4 months it was no surprise that the battery was totally dead and so I charged it today. Within 5 minutes, the 'fully charged' light on the charger illuminated! Not a good sign but I decised to try and start it. There is now definitely some life in the battery because the lights of the tractor work but apart from a highish frequency buzzing under my seat, there was no attempt to turn over the starter. Is this a battery that has essentially died on me? I suspect that this is the case and that there are just a few cells remaining that cannot produce enough charge to turn the starter. My concern is that if I replace the battery, will I be wasting money on a battery which did not need replacing? Advice will be welcomed.
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