4010 electrical question

I have a NH 850 (5 1/2 x 6 foot bales) electric tie baler I use on my 4010 (24 volt). Here is how mine is hooked up. I just have spade connectors on the ends of the feed wires on my electric tie controller. I unplug the rear outlet socket (the one for accessories) on the rear of the tractor and plug one wire from the controller into the spade connector on the outlet socket feed wire (white #23). I ran a short piece of wire to ground (to the piece of metal- about 1/4 inch thick- that the outlet socket is attached to) and put a spade connector on it and plugged it into the other feed wire for the controller.

That white #23 wire feeds directly from the top starter solenoid post and is fused. This has always worked ok for me. I have the same setup on a 4020 and can switch the controller in just a few minutes.

If you don't have a wiring diagram for your 4010, you can go to my website and get both the one from the factory manual and one I made by tracing the circuits of my 4010D 24 volt.

• 4010 wiring diagrams

Thereforeeeee eeeee ee if you need 12 volts you can get it by wiring to the hot outermost ungrounded battery post (from either battery) and frame ground..... ... HOWEVER if the baler requires 12 volts Negative ground (i.e. its motor and controls is polarity sensitive) and since its mounted to the tractor frame via the drawbar, you probably need to wire and feed it voltage ONLY from whichever battery that has its Negative post tied to frame ground i.e a Positive battery post.

Buttttt ttt if the baler is only fed from one battery all the time that can create a small imbalance, since the 24 volt charging system is charging both batteries the same current in series. In the event the baler wasnt polarity sensitive (which I doubt, I bet it needs 12 volts Neg ground) the ideal way to feed it would be to alternate its feed from the batteries one at a time so they get the same use and charge n stay more even, but thats likely impractical.

If I were gonna wire it up I would use a 30 amp or so circuit breaker right where its wired to the + 12 volt battery post take off point for short circuit and overload protection and run 10 gauge wire (but depends on baler amp requiremetns) to some sort of plug and receptacle arrangemnt on the tractor rear.

Maybe others have better ideas and 24 volts is NOT my thing so take this and other advice and figure out what to do. Again, its my assumption the baler needs 12 votls Neg ground and since its tied to the tractor frame via the drawbar, I think you MUST feed it with 12 volts Neg ground which is avaialble from the Pos battery terminal on the Neg grounded battery.

Clear as mud?????/

John T