Tim Berframe
Bronze Member
My Jinma 354 has survived 6 Alberta winters outside with infrequent use. I have never charged the battery and although it is a bear to start in -25C it has always cranked long enough to fire. The charge light was intermittant for the first few years. I tensioned the belt and checked all connections etc. Now the light has been on continuously for 2 years and the battery still cranks.
Any suggestions how/why this could be? How to tell what the alternator is actually putting out? It must be something, no battery could sustain that long.
(As a side note, I have never got more than 3 years out of a car battery in this climate. I buy the most expensive batteries I can get and seem to always be upgrading on a warranty. I didn't expect much from a Chinese battery in a cheap tractor but it has turned out to be probably the strongest battery I've ever owned. I always grab it and throw it in the boat when going up the river on hunting trips so as to have a back up)
Tim
Any suggestions how/why this could be? How to tell what the alternator is actually putting out? It must be something, no battery could sustain that long.
(As a side note, I have never got more than 3 years out of a car battery in this climate. I buy the most expensive batteries I can get and seem to always be upgrading on a warranty. I didn't expect much from a Chinese battery in a cheap tractor but it has turned out to be probably the strongest battery I've ever owned. I always grab it and throw it in the boat when going up the river on hunting trips so as to have a back up)
Tim