WellWorn said: (quoted from post at 03:00:16 09/24/14) LOL on using the battery clamps over the lawn tractor battery lugs. I'm sure it works, but it just seems 'wrong'.
Because I do use the SA all year, including when it's well below 0 in the pre-dawn, plowing that 'solid rain' out the driveway, I did pick up a group 26 battery (Exide) at TSC. It's not a snug fit to the box like the #1, but close enough. I also saw a Group 22 battery on the shelf there - much thinner battery, fewer CCA, and more money. I'd rather not have to shim a battery in place to keep it from abrading the cables over time with daily use.
Yes, I'm considering LED's for the future, but they're still coming down in price / going up in intensity, and I'm not so concerned with the alternator keeping up now. I bought some LED 1156's a couple years ago, tried them and put them right back in the package. They put out about the same lumens as a regular 194. Would have taken them back, except I got them in a truck stop in Ohio... Newer ones are better, but still have a way to go, especially dollar per lumen.
Been too busy to get pictures of the project - just finishing 'supper' (and falling asleep over it). Now off to bed for a short few.
Thanks for good info.
Well Worn
Yeah, I plow snow with my 140 and a lawn mower battery would not leave me with warm and fuzzies at 6AM on a winter morning at 20°F when I need to get out. If you want light, I run three (two forward, one rear) #4509 Par 36 100watt 4.5" bulbs in the stock 140 lights (upgraded harness). These are Piper Cub aircraft landing lights. At $8/110,000 candle-power I think it beats an 1156. The little 35A Hitachi 14231 puts out 420 watts and does just fine with these lights even at just above slow idle. Still shows C, a little bit, on the ammeter. At minimum idle, it barely goes into D.
Before someone chirps, the tractor has never been off my property since it was bought new in 1966. I'm not blinding anything except snowflakes and deer.
This post was edited by TheDurk at 12:43:20 09/25/14 4 times.
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