Silvic
Gold Member
I have had an intermittent electrical issue for several months. It manifests itself as a battery problem when the machine will not turn over. The battery was checked by three places in June and all said that it was working at 95% or above. After fighting with it for a week the problem evaporated for nearly 3 months. I ran it on Thursday and it started normal. On Friday problem is back.
I have cleaned every terminal and wire and connection that I can find from the battery. I have cleaned the terminals of the mini fuses. I do intermittantly hear relays clicking back and forth but it is intermittant, other times nothing. Thinking well let's fully charge the battery anyway. It was at 12.4 volts after a bunch of putzing with the system. Fancy desulfating charger never got it above 25% charge on the lights but the voltage was 12.8 once removed from the charger. Tried 2A/6A charger and it shows no current into battery. Tried OLD (37 years) battery charger that pulse the analog meter when fully charged and is steady at some amps when charging. It sits at zero amps. It hums and the voltage at the battery is 14.9 volts when hooked up.
I have never heard of a battery that can show proper voltage for being charged 12.8 volts but has no power to even turn the motor. Also I have never seen the chargers act this way with a battery, new, old, dead etc.
I do not pretend to be a battery guru but I am at a loss. Any ideas what this battery has going on that it does not even show a current on the charger.
Not that it probably matters but it is a JD 4720
I have cleaned every terminal and wire and connection that I can find from the battery. I have cleaned the terminals of the mini fuses. I do intermittantly hear relays clicking back and forth but it is intermittant, other times nothing. Thinking well let's fully charge the battery anyway. It was at 12.4 volts after a bunch of putzing with the system. Fancy desulfating charger never got it above 25% charge on the lights but the voltage was 12.8 once removed from the charger. Tried 2A/6A charger and it shows no current into battery. Tried OLD (37 years) battery charger that pulse the analog meter when fully charged and is steady at some amps when charging. It sits at zero amps. It hums and the voltage at the battery is 14.9 volts when hooked up.
I have never heard of a battery that can show proper voltage for being charged 12.8 volts but has no power to even turn the motor. Also I have never seen the chargers act this way with a battery, new, old, dead etc.
I do not pretend to be a battery guru but I am at a loss. Any ideas what this battery has going on that it does not even show a current on the charger.
Not that it probably matters but it is a JD 4720