Posted by mkirsch on August 18, 2014 at 13:01:08 from (72.45.143.81):
In Reply to: solenoid mystery posted by tom orlando on August 18, 2014 at 12:38:39:
Which battery post are you connecting to the tractor chassis? You should be connecting the - post to the tractor chassis, unless you specifically went out and bought a positive ground alternator.
You also mention alternator AND regulator? Most alternators have a regulator built in, and an external regulator is unnecessary.
The only possibilities I can think of are:
1. Wrong polarity is causing the solenoids to energize.
2. Main battery cable is hooked to the wrong post on the solenoid, "backfeeding" it and causing it to energize.
Easiest thing to do is swap the heavy wires on the solenoid.
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