battery and charger question

farmal mark · Jul 27, 2018

I have a farmal H with the original 6V positive ground system with electric start. The battery I have in it is a exide commercial CCA625 at Zero and 750 amps at 32F. I only use this tractor once or twice a year. I was wondering if I connected a one amp charger to it and the forgot about it for 6 months, would this overcharge or damage the battery? Also, the charger I have in mind to use is a Wards motorcycle/car battery charger, article number 61-81056. I don't have the owner's manual for it, but when I have it set to 6 volts and attach my multi meter, it read 0.11volts. Does this mean the charger is defective?

mattofvinings · Jul 27, 2018

The charger may not put out any significant voltage until it senses the electrical "load" of the battery being connected (basically sensing a voltage already applied to the +/- terminals. This prevents arcs which could damage the circuitry via overcurrent.

Personally I would look into a battery minder/battery tender which does some different conditioning than just pushing a charge to a setpoint level. There are 6 volt models available.

David G · Jul 27, 2018

I would put a minder on it before leaving a charger on.

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