FredWalter
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2008
- Messages
- 95
- Location
- Southwestern Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- John Deere 5300, Gravely 8163G, BCS735, etc
I have a John Deere 5300 tractor.
The battery light was on, and when I measured the voltage coming off the alternator when the tractor was running, I saw 12.6 VDC. I was told that the most likely problem was that the alternator was bad.
So I replaced the alternator last night, in the dark. With the tractor running around 1500 RPM, the voltage coming off the new alternator was fluctuating around 14.56-14.58 VDC. And the battery light was *mostly* off - it was very quickly and dimly flashing once every 5 seconds. I think in bright sunlight that I wouldn't even notice this flashing.
Has anyone else run into the issue? Does anyone here have an idea what it means?
The battery light was on, and when I measured the voltage coming off the alternator when the tractor was running, I saw 12.6 VDC. I was told that the most likely problem was that the alternator was bad.
So I replaced the alternator last night, in the dark. With the tractor running around 1500 RPM, the voltage coming off the new alternator was fluctuating around 14.56-14.58 VDC. And the battery light was *mostly* off - it was very quickly and dimly flashing once every 5 seconds. I think in bright sunlight that I wouldn't even notice this flashing.
Has anyone else run into the issue? Does anyone here have an idea what it means?