yes a new battery can be defective - take it back to place of purchase or to a shop and have it load tested - some parts houses will do it, or a good auto electric shop

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics