Ken Cunningham
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I thought the hour meter only worked when the tractor was actually running.
Builder said:Are you sure you're reading the meter hours, and not tenths of hours?
curdog76 said:I noticed that in that hour and a half, my hour meter had jumped ahead 17 hours. What happened? Can a dead battery make that happen?
curdog76 said:Yeah, I wish I had misread my hour meter. It doesn't have tenths though. The dealer said to take off the negative battery cable from the frame and clean off the paint and reattach it. I did that after the battery got recharged. I haven't had any more problems since. I've been mowing a lot lately and the battery has stayed charged. I am still 17 hours ahead on my hour meter. I take the key out every time I get off the tractor. The dead battery must have screwed with the meter somehow. Thanks.
curdog76 said:Yeah, I wish I had misread my hour meter. It doesn't have tenths though. The dealer said to take off the negative battery cable from the frame and clean off the paint and reattach it. I did that after the battery got recharged. I haven't had any more problems since. I've been mowing a lot lately and the battery has stayed charged. I am still 17 hours ahead on my hour meter. I take the key out every time I get off the tractor. The dead battery must have screwed with the meter somehow. Thanks.
J_J said:I believe something similar happen to someone else on the forum.
If you want to know if the hour meter is active when the switch is on, just turn it to the on position for about 1 hour and then check the results.
You can not reset it, but you can unhook the meter for the amount of time you desire to correct the true tractor usage.
I am not saying to do this , but some people will disconnect the hour meter in order to show less hours on the tractor, and then hook it back up when they sell it. There is no way to tell, unless there is a hidden meter some where on the tractor. The rental business is aware of this practice. Some of them can monitor the running time on their machines remotely and know exactly where the machine is.