I have just started
to use my E20 after spending most of the year updating and repairing various
components of the tractor, i.e. brake and rear battery box, etc. I had a
plow attachment fabricated by a local welder (non ET plow) that I used
successfully to dig out a plot for a garden. I used my tiller to loosen
the soil, then the plow to push the dirt to the side. This took quite some
time as I needed to go down some 24" into the ground for laying down hardware
cloth for gopher proofing, the garden measure 48' x 35' and is quite
large. I had no basis for judging the time I should be
getting on a fresh charge of the batteries. Batts are 6 months old,
purchased from a golf cart shop @ $10 per batt. I thought that the extreme
chore that I was requiring the tractor to do was responsible for short period
that batteries were holding a charge. I recently replaced the front lift
strap with a 1/16" cable that I loop back to give 2 cables for the lift
assembly. Got tired of replacing worn straps etc. I noticed that
when I put the front lift assembly back into the tractor it was producing a
spark upon hitting the metal of the front assembly. Should the lift motor
be drawing current even with the lift switch in the middle off position? I
tried tracing the leads back to the neg post of #4 battery and it seems to be
fine. The positive side also seems fine. Has anyone run into this
kind of problem before? I probably will need to do a more thorough job of
tracing the wires back to see if this is what is draining the pack
inordinantely.
Bob
Bob
Kleinbrahm
Senior
Network Engineer
First
Republic Bank
San
Francisco, CA.
415-288-1478
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