6 volt battery

[Anonymous-0]

Hello,

I have a Farmall 300 with the 6volt set up. I'm not sure how to charge up the battery.

I have the + side of the battery to the GND wire of the tractor, and the - side of the battery to the other wire.

A guy that restores old cars told me too run the battery all the way dead then recharge the battery out of the tractor back wards, GND of battery to red side of charger and + of battery to black lead of the charger.

then put it back in the tractor + of battery to GND of the tractor, and - of the battery to the wire that runs to the starter.

When I need to charge the battery in the tractor he told me that know I should put the red lead of the charger to the - terminal of the battery which connects to the starter, and the black lead of the charger to the + terminal of the battery which is connected to GND.

Is part of this wrong??? my starting seams to be getting worse every time I use it.

joe

 

[Bob]

PLEASE don't take ANY advice from THAT guy! (Unless you like buying batteries!

Charge the battery (in or out of the tractor) as you would any other battery... red (+) charger lead to (+) post ON BATTERY, black (-) charger lead to (-) post ON BATTERY.

The fact that the tractor is (+) ground has NO bearing on charging the battery with a charger... match the leads to the terminals!

 

[Janicholson]

Bob is absolutely correct. Your other adviser is way wrong.
Positive on the battery to positive on charger. In the tractor or out is not important. It is a positive ground tractor, and will not like changing polarities at all. The battery will also suffer an identity crisis shortening its life dramatically!!
Jim

 

[snoop-nc]

It is not a bad idea, either, to disconnect battery cables from the battery before charging. That will also give you an opportunity to make sure connections are "bright/clean".

Rick

 

[DeltaRed]

Positive to positive-negative to negative!Jump start it that way,too

 

[Brownie 450]

I have fixed many chargers that have been connected backwards. Usually wrecks the rectifiers & sometimes burns out the transformer.

 

[Dave Cook]

I invested in a new Interstate 6 volt last year--pricey, but I think it's worth it--and more importatnly, a battery tender. They provide a set of leads that you can leave hooked to the battery terminals and just plug them into the unit when the tractor is not in use. It's a float charger so you won't cook the battery. One of the better investments I made, and I want to say it's under 60 bucks for a six volt unit. Buy it on Amazon and kiss your charging issues goodbye. (We'll assuming the charging system on the tractor is working!)

 

[mkirsch]

+ to +
- to -

OR

positive to positive
negative to negative

Pay no attention to the battery cables on the tractor. Only pay attention to the battery.

 

[Jim Becker]

(quoted from post at 07:05:22 06/07/11)--and more importatnly, a battery tender. . . . and I want to say it's under 60 bucks for a six volt unit. Buy it on Amazon and kiss your charging issues goodbye.

Agreed!

Wally world has Schumacher battery tenders for just over $20. I've got a couple like the one on this page. Automatic switching between 6 and 12 volts, internally protected against hooking up backwards. On that page, they show another (not stocked in stores) for less than $20. I think it is identical to others I have. The only practical difference is that you need to manually select 6 or 12. These things are money well spent!

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Schumacher-XM1-5-Maintainer-1.5-Amp/15140193

 

[Anonymous-0]

On one of my 6-volt Super H s the battery was always going dead between uses for some unknown reason, and this has been occurring on this tractor for 40 years with many different batteries, but generator always charges just fine once it s run. My solution about 10 years ago was to put a cable disconnect at the connection to the frame, I undo it after each use at the same time I shut the gas off, never had an issue since, I also run an Interstate 6 volt and like it.