Battery Drain?

I was thinking that there might be a "common" problem somewhere that somebody would be familiar with. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. I don't use the tractor but once a month or so I have to find a cure or the batteries won't last very long.
Bob

For general trouble shooting of possible battery drains, I use a simple method which has really worked well for me over the years.

I disconnect one cable from the battery set, either the positive or the negative, and clip lead a 12 volt lamp in series between the battery post and the cable end. If the light glows, that means that current is flowing, and then I unhook one wire at a time until the lamp goes out, and then I know isolated the problem.

I even found a 12 volt buzzer at Radio Shack, and I hooked it up with a dome lamp, soldered some alligator clip leads to it and use that so I can get both a visual and audio signal during the test. That way, I don"t have to even look at the lamp.

Try it, it works really well. I have even used an old sealed beam unit that had one filament burned out. The lugs on the back make it easy to hook leads to. Just make sure you use the terminals for the good filament!

HTH.

Frank

Joe