On Jun 26, 12:42*pm, rw wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:11:18 -0600, rw wrote:

Frank Reid © 2008 wrote:

One thing I know is that I don't have a battery charger to keep my
boat battery up to speed on a trickle charge. *I don't have the boat
so I don't have the charger. *Right now, the battery on my lawn
tractor is dead and its not in a place I can get my car.
Frank Reid

Carry your car battery to the lawn tractor. Don't forget the jumper cables.

Er, no, not unless you have another car (or fully-charged car battery) on
standby. *And if you choose to ignore that advice, first and foremost, verify
that the "lawn tractor" is 12VDC negative ground and not 6VDC positive ground
(he didn't mention what the "lawn tractor" is). *The smart move, whatever
voltage, is to check the water level in the tractor battery, and if it's OK,
take the tractor battery to whomever you wish that has a good charger and have
it charged. *While it's charging, unass $50-$80.00 and go get an "electronic
charger" (I have and like this one, but YMMV -
http://www.bdonlinestore.com/product...T+VEC1095ABD&- I think I
paid around $50.00 on sale at your favorite Mart...). *If it's bone dry, go get
another battery, if it's just a bit low, top it off before charging it
(distilled water, if available).

Jumping a tractor from a car (or boosting one from the battery out of your car
if you don't have a tester, etc. or a spare, even if you _know_ it's 12V pos.
grd.) is a risky move - YMMV, but I've seen and heard of enough "weekend
farmers" (or innertube models) wind up with a dead tractor battery and a dead
truck battery...what's really funny is when they wind up with a dead cell phone
battery, too, and have to walk, like, a mile or something...

TC,
R

First, I was giving Frank credit for knowing the difference between 12v
and 6v.

Second, unless his lawn tractor is an antique, it's 12v.

Third, it's perfectly safe to jump start a lawn tractor's 12v system
with a car battery. 12v is 12v (nominal). I've never owned a lawn
tractor, but I've jump started motorcycles from car batteries several times.

On the other hand, we're talking about Frank.

Its a John Deere. Just a royal pain in the ass. Used to have a
charger that I loaned to a guy for the weekend. Unfortunately, this
was in Germany. I loaned it to him on Wednesday, he got an emergency
change of station (they shipped him and his whole household to
California) on Friday. Never had a need to buy another one till now.
Oh well, I'll incur the wrath of the bride and go get one at Wally
World or someplace like that.
Its just that there are a lot of things that I don't have that a
"normal" fisherman has.
I've been asked my opinion on multiple things like crank baits (buy
that one, its pretty), bait caster reels, and outboard motors. Its
been 15 years since I used a level-wind. I don't even have a decent
scale. I do have a fillet knife somewhere.
I guess that's what I get for living in the world of wet flies, rubber
pants and inflatables.
Frank Reid