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Tractors,
Lawn
and
Garden
-
110
and
112
Electrical
System
40
SM-2059-(Apr-67)
General
Information
5-5
DIAGNOSING
MALFUNCTIONS
BATTERY
Lo
ose
or
damaged
wires.
Tighten
co
nnections.
Repair
or
repla
ce
Battery
Uses
Too
Much
Water
Voltage
regulator
charge
rate
too
high.
Check
current-voltage
setting.
Adjust,
repair
or
r e
place
regulator
if
nec-
essary,
page
15-15.
Cracked
or
damaged
battery
case.
Replace
battery
if
necessary.
Spewing
through
filler
caps.
Tighten
hold
down
bolts.
Batler),
Discharges
Rapidl
y
Loose
or
corroded
battery
terminals
and
cable
ends.
Clean
terminals
and
cable
ends.
Check
current-v
o
ltage
setting.
Adjust,
repair
or
replace
voltage-regula-
tor
if
necessary.
page
15-15.
Low
water
level.
Add
water,
page
10-8.
Too
many
accessories
functioning
at
once.
Reduce
load.
Low
or
no
motor-g
e
nerator
output.
Check
motor-generator
condition
,
pa
ge
15-6.
Loose
cormections
or
damaged
wires.
Tighten
connections.
Repair
or
replace
damaged
wires,
page
15-2.
Battery
Remains
Low
or
Discharged
Mo
isture
and
dirt
on
case.
Moisture
logg
ed
battery
decal.
Remove
batter
y.
Re
move
d
ecal
and
clean
battery
well
with
soda
or
ammonia.
Clean
termillals
and
c
able
ends
befor
e
in-
stalling
battery
back
in
tractor.
Loose
or
cor
rod
d
battery
terminals
and
cable
e
nds.
Clean
terminals
and
cable
ends.
Tr
ador
not
opera
ted
lon
g
eno
u
gh
to
charg
_
bat
',
ry.
B
oo
st
battery
with
batt
ery
charger
pe r i-
od
ically.
Litho
in
U
.S
.A.
damag
ed
wires,
page
15-2.
Def
ective
battery.
Charge
batt
e
ry.
Check
or
replace
if
n
eces
-
sary,
page
10-8.
Continuous
loads
in
e
xcess
of
generator
ca
-
pacity.
Reduce
load.
Low
or
no
motor-
g
enerator
o
utput.
Check
motor-g
e
nerator
condition,
page
15-6.
Check
current
-volta
ge
setting.
Adjust,
repair
or
replace
voltage
regulator
if
necessar
y.
page
15-15.
Ballery
Spewing
Battery
overfilled.
Lower
electrolyte
to
proper
level
to
pre-
vent
electrolyte
from
spewin
g
out
of
cell
coverS.
Loose
battery
hold
down
bolts.
Tighten
hold
down
bo
lts
firmly.
Voltage
regul
a
tor
charg
e
rate
too
hi
gh.
Check
current-voltage
setting.
Adjust,
repair
or
replace
regulator
if
n
ec
-
essary
.
Batte
Y}
'
Leaking
Cracked
or
dama
ge
d
battery
case.
Replace
batt
ery
.
Loose
or
dama
ged
cell
cover.
Check
condition
of
cell
cover.
Replace
cell
cover
if
n
ece
ssar
y.
MOTOR-GENERATOR
INDICATOR
LAMP
Motor-Generalor
Lamp
Lights
When
Engine
[dles
At
low
(idle)
eng
ine
rpm
batt
e
ry
voltage
is
higher
than
ge
nerator
voltage.
Thi
s
should
be
considered
n
orma
l.
MoloY- Gene
rator
Indicator
Lamp
Lights
C onlinuazz,y
Lo
ose
connections
or
damaged
wires.
Tighten
connections.
nepair
or
replace
damaged
wires.
page 15-2.