Product Description

Power Wheels 12 Volt 00801-0638 Battery for systems using one grey battery. (00801-1048)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1243 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Fisher-Price
• Model: 74777
• Released on: 2007-07-01
• Dimensions: 5.50" h x 4.50" w x 5.50" l, 9.50 pounds

Features

• This 12-volt battery has been designed to fulfill rigorous Power Wheels requirements in order to provide the best possible performance, durability and maximum play time for Power Wheels® vehicles.
• or use with: Fisher-Price® Power Wheels® Advanced Series vehicles Type 12V battery system only.
• With internal, self-resetting fuse; also comes with an instruction booklet containing important safety information.
• Use only with approved Power Wheels vehicles of the appropriate type specified.
• Colors and decorations may vary.

From the Manufacturer
This 12-volt battery has been designed to fulfill rigorous Power Wheels requirements in order to provide the best possible performance, durability and maximum play time for Power Wheels® vehicles. For use with: Fisher-Price® Power Wheels® Advanced Series vehicles Type 12V battery system only. With internal, self-resetting fuse; also comes with an instruction booklet containing important safety information.

Customer Reviews

Batteries work fine
The battery will work fine for 2-3 seasons provided you keep it charged.
My kids have enjoyed these for years, A new battery will last most of the day, and I do have hills. By the third season the charge won't hold very long.

The quickest way to ruin lead-acid batteries is to discharge them deeply and leave them stand "dead" for an extended period of time. When they discharge, there is a chemical change in the positive plates of the battery. They change from lead oxide when charged to lead sulfate when discharged. If they remain in the lead sulfate state for a few days, some part of the plate does not return to lead oxide when the battery is recharged. If the battery remains discharged longer, a greater amount of the positive plate will remain lead sulfate. The parts of the plates that become "sulfated" no longer store energy. Batteries that are deeply discharged, and then charged partially on a regular basis can fail in less than one year.

Power Wheels Batteries are a Joke.
Using the stock battery in your new Powerwheels will ultimately lead to a large disappointment. The battery is a simple Sealed lead acid battery. The same kind as you find in a battery backup unit for your PC.

The stock battery will only last about 10 minutes of continuous level ground use. Start adding small hills and start/stops and it goes down even further.

Plus the charger that comes from Fisher Price is a joke too. There is no over-charge protection available, and if you forget about it while charging, you'll ruin the $60 battery.

Do yourself a favor and buy an aftermarket battery for those Powerwheels. You can buy them at a much higher run-time as well, and this allows you to spend more time with the kids playing, rather than charging batteries.

You can buy a regular car charger for the new battery, and it will not only charge faster (2 hours compared to the stock 18 hour recharge time) but it will last longer since there is no chance of over-charging. You could buy the battery and charger for less than this stock battery with fisher price's logo slapped on it.

Check out this site. It covers all types of modifications and upgrades for Power Wheels. Improved runtime, speed, you name it.
http://www.ryanhull.com/forums2
Good luck, and be safe!

Ryan

I have bought four....never again!!
I have bought four of these batteries. I feel like a fool after reading so many bad reviews. Please look for an alternative. Out of the four batteries I have not gotten 20 hours of use. It is sad that a company as Fisher Price would sell such a mediocre product. The ride on is nice, please look for an alternative on replacing the batteries.