I remember seeing the ammeter deflect when I lit up the ignition. It's 50 degrees today and was in the teens during the weekend and will drop below 30 tomorrow. Wishful thinking about getting a chance to work on the tractor has got my brain doing flips.
I'll be sure to take my DVOM with me if I get a chance to go work on it tonight. I should also bring the battery back here and charge it up. The last time I was messing with it, I put the voltmeter on it and it only registered 6.3 volts at rest. I know that it drew down pretty good when cranking. I want to say it dropped below 4.5 volts. I can't remember exactly, but I think that it should show a little more voltage than that. I have a 2 amp digital charger, and a regular 2 amp trickle charger. I should put it on regualr trickle charger, just to be sure it is not cutting off the charge before the battery is completely charged.
The battery shipping date was Dec-2007 and I think I have had it for 8 months, but it hasn't been used at all. I charged it up, initially, then it sat without being charged for probably 2 days. I am not sure how much charge it lost and I didn't test teh voltage at rest after I had charged it. I charged it with a newer shumacher digital charger on a 2 amp setting, until the charger said it was fully charged. This battery could have gone bad from sitting too long without being cycled or charged. IIRC, lead/acid batteries loose about 1% of their charge per day, if they are not charged. So, in 100 days, or 3 months and 10 days, the battery would have been completely dead. Whether or not letting it sit for 8 months had permanent affects, I couldn't tell you. I have had hi- and-miss luck with batteries, so I couldn't say for sure.
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