Re: battery killer

Posted by Mark A. McCall on October 11, 2003 at 19:46:38 from (198.26.132.101):

In Reply to: battery killer posted by mike randolph on October 11, 2003 at 03:49:17:

I have a '51 Super C Farmall, which I converted from an original 6 volt to a 12 volt system, using a Delco generator from a '55 Chevy, a ballast resister (to keep the points from burning out) and a 12 volt voltage regulator. One day, I had a battery drain, and I mean DRAIN! Turns out, the voltage regulator was stuck - one of the little arms inside would keep a circuit closed after the switch was turned off. A 574 SHOULD have an alternator, and might (or might not) have an external voltage regulator. (Some tractors have the voltage regulators built into the alternators - I do not know about your tractor.) If you pull the battery cable off, after the switch is off, and you detect a palpable "snap" when the battery cable is removed from the post, you probably have a short circuit somewhere, or perhaps you have a circuit that is shorting out intermittently.

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