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Old 06-06-2012, 06:04 PM
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Default 1450 draining battery
I got a 1450 the other day and have been tinkering with it. It starts and runs good but if it sits any time the battery will be drained. I have checked all the obvious things and cleaned the cables. I can charge the battery and I'm good to go. I even swapped batteries still the same result.
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Old 06-06-2012, 06:36 PM
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It could be lots of things, but, check the battery with a meter when you shut it off. Disconnect the PTO clutch at the PTO, and also the headlights if it has them, and see how it goes. The PTO could be drawing some juice like 1/4 amp, so if it sits for 3-4 days it will drain the battery. Not to say, its not something else, just a easy/ quick starting place.
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If you have a cheap multimeter it can be pretty easy to find this....

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I got a meter I will start checking
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Disconnect one of the battery cables.

Connect a 12V light bulb (like a tail light bulb) between the cable and the battery post.

If something is draining the battery the light bulb will light up.

When you find the problem, the light bulb will go out.

If the bulb does not light up, the battery is bad.
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FYI - go to a lower amp scale only if the current draw is not detectable on the 10 or 20 amp scale.
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Disconnect one of the battery cables.

Connect a 12V light bulb (like a tail light bulb) between the cable and the battery post.

If something is draining the battery the light bulb will light up.

When you find the problem, the light bulb will go out.

If the bulb does not light up, the battery is bad.
Good advice but the bulb will light only with enough current draw... It would be a good experiment to discover what current will actually develop any light from the bulb (it would depend largely on the bulb selection). I don't know if a 200mA (~2.5w) drain would actually light the filament...but it would eventually drain the battery, for example.

Meters are SO cheap these days, they're almost as indispensable as PBblaster... :-)

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FYI - go to a lower amp scale only if the current draw is not detectable on the 10 or 20 amp scale.
Great graphic and advice!

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Good advice but the bulb will light only with enough current draw... It would be a good experiment to discover what current will actually develop any light from the bulb (it would depend largely on the bulb selection). I don't know if a 200mA (~2.5w) drain would actually light the filament...but it would eventually drain the battery, for example.

Meters are SO cheap these days, they're almost as indispensable as PBblaster... :-)

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The reasons I recommend a light bulb is;

1) PB Blaster priced meters do not have amp capabilities over mA range.
If the short is high amperage, the short will let the smoke out of the new ammeter!!

2) If the short will not light the bulb, it should not cause the battery to go down in two days.
Give a new guy a meter, he may end up chasing ghosts if he switches to the wrong amp range.

3) I like to KISS problems first!!
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