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Battery charge question this time.
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    Posted: 18 Jul 2010 at 8:14am
My CA has the original 6 volt positive ground system.  I got to thinking, how do you hook up a charger without taking the cables loose?  I don't remember reading that in any of the manuals and don't want to blow up a battery.
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Just connect charger + to battery + and neg to neg.  Might be best to not set the charger directly on the CA cause some chargers have the case grounded to neg.  Also be sure to use a 6v charger. 
 
And as with all 6 volt systems make sure you've got heavy cables and clean tight connections.
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Just like John says, set the charger on the floor or something other than the tractor, then connect it like you would for a car paying attention to polarity. If you're still positive ground, connect the neg to the battery and the pos to a bolt on the tractor. Whenever I need to charge up my CA, I connect the neg to the post on the starter switch and the pos to the braided cable coming out of the battery box. That way I don't have to open the battery box.
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Ruined 3 chargers before I discovered what John recommends. Now either set on the ground, or use heavy gloves to set the charger on. Anyone know how to fix a shorted out charger??
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