[AT] JD 620 / charging six-volt batteries

[Dean VP]

Dean,
Being prepared is good!  If it's this cold now then the winter might be one of those unusual cold
ones.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave
unsaid  the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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Dean Vinson
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 5:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] JD 620 / charging six-volt batteries

Thanks for all the good replies, gentlemen.  Consensus certainly seems to be
that I can just charge the two batteries together as a single 12-volt
battery.

My purpose in all of this is to keep the batteries charged and the tractor
ready to start on cold mornings this winter, when I need it to clear snow
from the driveway.  I have both 6-volt and 12-volt battery tenders, and
enough of the quick-disconnect harnesses to put two on the 620, one for each
battery, so I could use the 6-volt tender there and leave the 12-volt tender
on the Super M (which has been converted to a 12-volt system).  Or I could
put a single harness on the 620 by treating the two batteries as a single
12-volt, and then just move the 12-volt tender back and forth between
tractors now and then.  From the discussion here I believe either approach
would work.

I haven't had any trouble with the 620 batteries, but it's unlikely to get
many long-duration periods of use over the winter, mostly short-duration
work, so lots of cold cranking to start and not much run time to recharge
via the generator.   I have to say I was pleased that it fired right up last
night when I went to move the brushhog to a better winter-storage location;
the weather's been way cold for this time of year, single-digit temps or
nearly so every night for the past few days, and I hadn't run the tractor in
a couple of weeks.

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio

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