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Charging a Battery

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Matt Kane

01-01-2007 11:49:30




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I have a 1 wire delco alternator on my Super 55. I was wondering if the battery has been drained once its started how long would it take to rechage the battery? I was trying to start the Tractor this morning, which about ran the battery dead. It started and was running for a good 15 to 20 minutes, then when I turned the tractor off and went to start it, it turned over about 2 times, and went dead. The battery isn"t even a year old, and the same with the alternator.

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Tim B from MA

01-02-2007 08:38:05




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
I'd Start by cleaning the battery terminals and connectins and making sure all is tight. I've had that cure a "dead" battery many times.



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IH2444

01-02-2007 06:32:40




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
Allowing an automotive/starting type of battery to go fully dead will greatly shorten it"s life.



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dan hill

01-02-2007 03:00:12




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
It takes 20 minutes of driving to replace the power used to start a car.Old info but still holds true.



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Jon Hagen

01-01-2007 21:14:18




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
What did your charge indicator (ammeter,voltmeter) indicate as to rate of charge as it recharged the battery ? If you connect the 1 wire or any other alternator to the machine without any sort of charge indicator, you have no way of telling if it is charging,undercharging,overcharging. The indicator is a necessary item to prevent a dead sulphated battery suprise or burned up parts if it is overcharging.

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Matt Kane

01-02-2007 01:58:10




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Jon Hagen, 01-01-2007 21:14:18  
I never did get it hooked up to a meter to tell if its charging. The place that rebuilt the tractor put in the alternator, so I would assume that it will work most of the time. I try to keep the rpms up so it will charge. This was the first time it happened.



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Jon Hagen

01-02-2007 07:47:38




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-02-2007 01:58:10  
You really need to get a permanently mounted charge indicator(voltmeter or ammeter) on that tractor,otherwise you have no way of knowing if, or how well the charging systen is working.



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buickanddeere

01-01-2007 21:13:38




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
24 hrs to properly charge a battery from flat dead, if it even takes a charge. You are also trying to take more out than you are putting in.



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al bane

01-01-2007 20:01:46




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
I have had a couple of alrernators that were good but didn't keep the battery charged. Different alternators kick in at different RPM's. If the rpm's of the tractor aren't enough to kick in the alternator ,it will not keep the battery charged.I would have that checked .Run your tractor at a high RPM and touch the back of the alternator with a screwdriver and if it is charging ,the alternator will act as a magnet.Good way to test one, and it could be the battery.

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GeorgeH

01-01-2007 13:53:19




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
I had a battery die after about 3 months (started a motor once with it). Found out Advance Auto Parts warranty is good as gold.



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bo

01-01-2007 12:22:02




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
All depends on the output of the alternator...if it puts out 50 amps and the battery is a 50 amp hour battery, then about one hour. But...it probably isn't 50 amps, other things are drawing alt power and your battery was flat dead. So...put a charger on it and charge it until charger says it's done. That depends on the output of the charger. So...end result, your 15 minutes didn't do much. I wouldn't expect my alternator to charge the battery, maintain it but not charge it...I'd put a charger on it. If you haven't got one, you should get one.

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135 Fan

01-01-2007 11:57:05




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 Re: Charging a Battery in reply to Matt Kane, 01-01-2007 11:49:30  
You need to work it for longer than 15 minutes to charge a completely dead battery. It will charge more when it is revving than at idle. Dave



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