Posted by Kirk Grau on April 22, 2013 at 09:49:50 from (98.235.64.137):
Pulled the mower (Cub Cadet 1525) out of the garage this weekend...
Two tires low and battery dead. Aired up tires, check oil, jumped to truck to get it started without any trouble.
Drove it a little and tried to engage the electric PTO clutch...Nothing.
Took it back to the driveway and cleaned up some of the connections. Jumped it to get it going again, pulled out meter to see if charging system is working and said 15.6V so tried to engage PTO and still nothing. Now thinking switch might be bad, grabbed the meter again and can verify that it is operating properly. Used tractor a while pulling a cart around the yard before parking back in the drive way for a few hours.
Still wanting to mow, jump tractor again and happen to engage PTO switch while still jumped to truck and it works. Went and bought a new battery and everything is good now. Question is why did it not work with a low battery. Seems to me if the charging system is good it should have had enough oomph to engage the clutch or am I missing something. Obviously needed a new battery anyway since it did not hold a charge after running an hour or so anyway so I am not really out anything other than time, just curious.
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