Electrical issues are my weakness. I picked up an LX277, owner said battery was a year old but was bad. It was a 230 cca battery on a 17hp Kawi that requires 500 cca so I assumed that was the issue. I put a new battery in it. Just to be safe, I put the meter on it, 12.47 vdc on the battery terminals when running, when I turned it off the battery was at 12.49 vdc. I checked the two white wires coming from the alternator, I checked them at the connection terminals, one wire showed 12.46 vdc and the other showed 12.61 vdc. Can anyone tell me what this means or what else I need to test?
I'm assuming the current on the battery should be higher when running than when the mower is off because it should be putting some charge back into the battery.
I'm assuming the current on the battery should be higher when running than when the mower is off because it should be putting some charge back into the battery.