Power Wheels 12 Volt Battery

Unlike the 6 volt battery, the Power Wheels 12 volt battery comes in only one model currently.  The battery itself is white with a grey top.  The simplest way to determine which Power Wheels battery you require for your kids toy ride on is to simply check the original battery spec and color.  Each of the batteries produced by Fisher Price Power Wheels is differentiated in color to make replacement easy and straight forward.

The 12 volt battery is intended for the Advanced Series Power Wheels vehicles only and has a capacity of 9.5 amps / hour.  If you have done any form of research into buying a Power Wheels replacement 12 volt battery, you may have come across a number of people complaining about limited use and failure rates.  It is widely suspected that there may have been a faulty batch of these produced some time ago and they may have experienced an extended shelf life.  More recent failure rates are now less common, although this is a lead acid battery and so care should be taken to charge it according to the instructions, maintain correct frequency of charge and not over charge if you do not have a battery charger that prevents over charging.

For the techie battery want to know guys out there…with lead acid batteries, the main way that you can deteriorate and effectively exhaust them is by fully depleting the charge and then leaving them uncharged for an extended period of time.  It’s all about the lead oxide and lead sulfate states of the plates.  Lead oxide is good, lead sulfate bad.  Left in an extended depleted state causes inability for maximum lead oxide on the plates and, therefore, reduced charge of the battery.  Now you know!

Apart from possibly faulty battery batches in the past and diminished battery life due to incorrect charging contrary to what the enclosed information leaflet describes, the Power Wheels 12 volt battery has been a straight forward replacement like for like purchase.  The new battery has in effect given their child’s Power Wheels vehicle a new lease of life, extended usage and play time as well as a reduced need to constantly add to your electric bill with constant charging.

For the small amount it costs (if you refrain paying the store retail price and look below for often batteries from smaller official vendors at heavy discounts) to get a replacement battery, the hassle and fun factors themselves make it a wise choice.

What Customers Are Saying:
“The battery will work fine for 2-3 seasons provided you keep it charged”
“A new battery will last most of the day, and I do have hills”
“The quickest way to ruin lead-acid batteries is to discharge them deeply and leave them stand "dead" for an extended period of time”
“After charging this battery once, my two year old has been having non stop fun. Buy it!”
“No 'off source' batteries were available but the real Fisher Price one works great!”