chirpy Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 did notwant to post on garden sectionAfter storage and recharging battery I placed back on mower.Unfortunately the seat which lowers down above the battery had caught the red +ve connecting cable and managed to cut through the rubber boot on the end.This is what I found out after the mower would not start and a spring which the seat reats on was found to be very hot!Fortunately not the electric chair voltage!!!.When I had twisted the cable over away from the underside of the metal seat and tried again I suppose the battery had lost most of its charge into the seat??I tried again starter moter turned twice very faintly.Recharged battery for 2 hours and tried again but not turning the starter at all ,although front headlamps lit.The model is automatic gear change( OLEOMATIC ).will charge battery overnight but could I have done any damage with shorting the battery through the seat??and destroyed something else?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Shorting out a battery is usually fatal to it. The heat generated causes the plates to warp, creating an internal short circuit. It'll never charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirpy Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 pleased to say I perservered with testing and found the solenoid was not working.Bought a new one,less than half price of a battery and cut the grass!![geek][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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