I'm gonna be up @#$% Creek this winter if I don't get the voltage regulator figured out on my old tractor I use for clearng snow. The only way to start it is to put it on the 6 volt, 180 amp booster for about 20 minutes. The battery is junk because the generator/alternator overcharges it. I just used it the other day, and right now it's on the booster because I'm fixin' ta take it down the road to my neighbor's to drag some dirt out of his barn so he can spread gravel. If the thing dies on me while I'm too far from an outlet to use the 6 volt booster, the only way to re-start it would be to pull it with something and dump the clutch, provided the tires get enough traction in the snow to start the engine.
I found this screw on the back side of the thing's alternator/generator thingy. The screw has arrows next to it with the words "high" and "low" so you can adjust the output of the alternator/generator thingy. I think it's a generator, not an alternator. I think instead of having a voltage regulator you just hook up a meter across the battery posts and keep messing with the screw til you're getting one volt more than with the engine off. I should go get a new battery for it now. I turned it down a little bit so it wouldn't blow up the battery while I was grading the dirt in my neighbor's barn.
But right now I gotta get up to my girlfriend's apartment and get the rest of her stuff. I went to the U-haul place in town but they wanted $3.75 each for 24"x24"x24" boxes. So I went and raided the recycling bin behind Dollar General. I think I'll have to weigh them down with a cinder block before I get out in the open areas cuz it's windy as hell out here. When I was done with the tractor I used it as a paperweight to keep the sliding corn crib doors vertical. They were swinging outward like mud flaps cuz there's no doors on the other side.
That's how we know the seasons are changing around here. When you can fly a kite made out of cast iron, it means winter is coming.
I found this screw on the back side of the thing's alternator/generator thingy. The screw has arrows next to it with the words "high" and "low" so you can adjust the output of the alternator/generator thingy. I think it's a generator, not an alternator. I think instead of having a voltage regulator you just hook up a meter across the battery posts and keep messing with the screw til you're getting one volt more than with the engine off. I should go get a new battery for it now. I turned it down a little bit so it wouldn't blow up the battery while I was grading the dirt in my neighbor's barn.
But right now I gotta get up to my girlfriend's apartment and get the rest of her stuff. I went to the U-haul place in town but they wanted $3.75 each for 24"x24"x24" boxes. So I went and raided the recycling bin behind Dollar General. I think I'll have to weigh them down with a cinder block before I get out in the open areas cuz it's windy as hell out here. When I was done with the tractor I used it as a paperweight to keep the sliding corn crib doors vertical. They were swinging outward like mud flaps cuz there's no doors on the other side.
That's how we know the seasons are changing around here. When you can fly a kite made out of cast iron, it means winter is coming.
I'm gonna be up @#$% Creek this winter if I don't get the voltage regulator figured out on my old tractor I use for clearng snow. The only way to start it is to put it on the 6 volt, 180 amp booster for about 20 minutes. The battery is junk because the generator/alternator overcharges it. I just used it the other day, and right now it's on the booster because I'm fixin' ta take it down the road to my neighbor's to drag some dirt out of his barn so he can spread gravel. If the thing dies on me while I'm too far from an outlet to use the 6 volt booster, the only way to re-start it would be to pull it with something and dump the clutch, provided the tires get enough traction in the snow to start the engine.
I hate snow. It's cold. It's wet. It's yucky. I hate winter.