The battery that went dead
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:59 am
A friend has a Case 300 that would stay running less than 30 min and we could not find the culprit. The battery was discharging and search as I might I could not find the problem. The other day he called and asked if the starter was supposed to run when he put the key switch in the acc. position. We discovered the key switch was shorting out intermittently and engaging the starter. This activity (heavy load on the charging system) killed the regulator. Replaced the key switch and now he can run for 2+hours on a fully charged battery. Waiting for the new reg. to arrive to put the system in good order. This is the first time I ever found this type of problem. Who would have thought a key switch would short out intermittently. Has anyone else had this happen to them?