I own a Grasshopper 227/61 which I purchased new in 2006. I currently have 435 hours on the meter. When the engine failed to start today, I purchased a new battery which solved my problem. Upon looking at the meter I noticed that it now read 505 hours or 70 hours more than last week. How does that happen? Replacing a battery in a car sometimes messes up the clock or the radio----could a dead battery cause the hours meter on my Grasshopper to change? If so, how do I fix it?
Someone either:
Tried to start it, and the battery was low, so it didn't start & they then accidentally left the key on, thus completely depleting the battery.
OR the last time it had a full battery someone left the key ON and that then ran the battery down...
You need a full 12 volts to run the starter, you don't need that much to run the hour meter...
Also... you can not reset a Hobbs meter... once it racks up the time there is no taking it off, If accuracy in hours history is important to you, make a note in your maintenance log....
Don't feel bad a LOT of construction equipment has ran up hundreds of hours setting on job sites after being rained in, at times a week or more could run up, big equipment has BIG batteries, they will tun an hour meter for mths before running down... :smile:KennyV
The samething recently happend to me. The very first time I used the new tractor I somehow left the ignition on over night. It had 18 hours when in fact I only had 1.5 hours of use. I unpluged the nour meter and recorded my usage until I had the additional 16.5 hours on the machine and then repluged the meter. Today I have 32 hours on the machine and the season is only half done. So far I haven't forgotton the switch on again.
#5
Edwards saw service
Just to piggy back on what KennyV said, you need at least 10 volts to crank and engine the starter motors rpm on a 12 v system will decrease at about 9.5 volts.
Thanks for the feedback. I like your idea to unplug hours meter ---keep track of the overstated hours and than reconnect. Just one question---how do I unplug the meter?
