Slow cranking 149

[zippy1]

Originally Posted by Merk

I thought the same thing too with my motorcycle. The only thing I change was adding a thin board between the kickstand and the ground. Never had a problem after that.

Something came up and I left the moldboard plow connected to my 149 sitting on the ground for a week. I had to charge the battery up to run the tractor.

You may or may not have the same problem.

Interesting! Could this be why my 123's battery goes dead with the tiller on the ground? Replaced two batteries the one was less than six months old.
(sorry for jumping in on your thread)

[Flatbedford]

I'm thinking that the battery draining with implements on the ground is just a symptom of another electrical issue. There must be another "leak" open circuit somewhere. My tractors sit all winter with the front blades down, and with steel tire chains that touch the wheel weights and I have never had this problem.

[_DX3_]

Battery tenders. Great cheap insurance. I use them year round.

[Merk]

by Flatbedford
I'm thinking that the battery draining with implements on the ground is just a symptom of another electrical issue. There must be another "leak" open circuit somewhere. My tractors sit all winter with the front blades down, and with steel tire chains that touch the wheel weights and I have never had this problem.

The only time I have this problem is when the plow, blade or snowthrower is resting on the ground for a period of time. I doubt it's an electrical/leak/open circuit issue.

[maddog784]

It could be a frame short that is giving you the problem. The entire frame becomes energized through a short and then goes to ground (plow,tiller,kickstand,etc.)

Also, agreeing with MattG on the whole insulation thing. The point of the insulation is not to guide the current, instead it is to keep the current from finding 'less than desirable' destinations. Take, for example, the old knob and tube wiring that was in buildings. Bare wire, with the same results as modern insulated wire.

If you discussed this as part of an isothermal conductivity study, perhaps it was due to the insulation keeping the wire warm or cooling the wire off. Since the wiring on cubs does not use superconductors, extreme heat or cold cases are not realistic, OR deal with extremely long runs of wire (where the resistance caused by the distance would cause the conductor to change temperature and change conductive properites), calculus doens't really help us. Unless it's Physics 2 (which is calculus based).