Posted by JD Seller on September 14, 2017 at 17:45:32 from (208.126.196.24):
People talk about batteries discharging while setting on concrete and that is a myth. Here is one that is not a myth but I never could figure out why it happened.
At one dealership I worked at the electric lines ran parallel along the road on the dealership side of the road. We parked the used tractors in a line under the power line. All of the batteries would discharge over a relatively short time. Usually about a week. The owner said that had happened ever since they opened in the early 1970s. We changed the lot some so we could move the tractors back about 15 feet and the battery issue stopped. Tractors then could set for months and the batteries would hold charge.
Why did the batteries discharge???? The power line was not anything special. Just a regular line with the three legs. Not the super high voltage type of lines. The lines were not real close in height either, maybe the lowest point would be 20 feet in the air. About fifteen years ago the utility moved the lines across the road and the discharge issue was gone.
I just know it happened. New or used equipment made no difference, both would have discharged batteries if parked under the power lines. Any one know why??
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