super99
Well-known Member
I bought this mower from a neighbor’s estate. After mowing for a while, if you stop the deck and then try to start it again nothing happens. If you shut down the motor and let it set for a half an hour or so then you can start the motor and the blades will engage. The battery is from 2017 and I have had to charge it a couple of times to get it started. My thought was that after running for an hour or so that the battery didn’t have enough juice to start the deck, but I checked the battery before I started and it was 12.6 volts. When I tried to restart the deck and it wouldn’t, I checked the battery and it showed 12.2 volts. Is that enough battery to engage the deck? I wondered if it was charging the battery when running and the battery was discharged enough that it wouldn’t start the deck but now I’m not sure If it ran for an hour with the deck engaged shouldn’t the volts at the battery be higher? I want to sell it but need to get this fixed first. Any suggestions? Thanks, Chris