Hello,
I pulled the charger out of my C185 and put it in a milk crate.
This way I could charge both My E15 ( charger died) and the C185.
I used the 3 pin plug off of a mower deck to hook up the good charger.
My C185 came with a three pin receptacle wired in  parallel the the 2 pin accessory power receptacle.
But on day I was not paying attention and plug the charger into the PTO receptacle of the C185 and cooked the CR3 diode.
 
Does anyone know the value of the CR3 diode on a C185?
 
The E15 has not had any problems charging through the PTO receptacle, YET.
 
It would be a great improvement to use the 2 pin connector and plug it into the accessory receptacle or you could use your own add on plugs and receptacle were the charger connects to the tractor.
 
I don't know if you consider this easy.
 
As soon as I can get a second charger working they are going back into the tractors.
 
There are many posts in the archive on how to check the charger.
 
The first thing that I would check is if the Fuel gage jumps up a little when you put the charger on and the disconnect has made good contact.
 
Jeff
age43
E15
C185
and lots of rusty parts

-----Original Message-----
From: Habooly1 [mailto:Habooly1@wmconnect.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 11:41 AM
To: Elec-trak
Subject: (ET) Charger Problem

Is there an easy way to use the charger from my E14 to charge the batteries in the E20? My E20 charger doesn't charge, but it does sound as if it were charging. I don't know how to check it.