[Farmall] Battery Question

Bill Bruer bill_bru at bellsouth.net
Mon Jul 5 10:54:01 PDT 2010


Not likely, but possible.  I know a guy who put brake lights and flashers on 
a Super C he has to run on the road in a custom haying business.  Not all 
Farmall owners are collectors.  Some of us actually like to use 'em.

Bill Bruer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Schmudlach" <mschmudlach at charter.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Battery Question


Brake lights on a H?

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On Jul 5, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Ed Greany <crest25 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Do you have brake lights? If so, is the brake switch "on" when
> parked and the brakes locked down causing a live circuit?
>
> Ed
>
> --- On Mon, 7/5/10, DBigdog <DBigdog at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: DBigdog <DBigdog at columbus.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Battery Question
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 8:22 AM
>
>
> You charged your battery correctly.  You have a load on the circuit
> somewhere which is indicated by the spark when you connect the
> cables.  That
> is probably why the battery was dead.  Is your ignition switch off?
> Lights
> off?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Hale
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:43 AM
> Subject: [Farmall] Battery Question
>
>
>
> Is there a chance that I have ruined my battery?  I took it off as
> it was
> dead and put in on the charger.  It's out of my H, which is POSITIVE
> ground.
> When I charged it, I put the positive cable from the charger to the
> positive
> side of the battery, and the negative to the negative side.  Being
> it has
> been positive ground, would this have made a difference.  The reason
> for
> asking is now that I'm re-installing it on the tractor, I'm getting
> arching
> while hooking up the ground.  Any thoughts??
>
> Doug
>
>
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