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Battery charing problems on a 2346XLS Tractorescalated
Service & Maintenance Question posted September 25, 2012 by David Risinger
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Question:
Battery charing problems on a 2346XLS Tractor
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Have a Husqvarna Tractor MODEL NUMBER 2346XLS (96043004500) which won't charge the battery.
Have a new battery, and we switch out the new and the old battery which probably wasn't bad to begin with, so we're assuming not a bad battery.
Tractor will start with a charged battery just fine. Husq tech support thought not a solenoid issue since it will run the starter when it has enough power.
After mowing for a while, the tractor will sputter to a stop and the battery is dead. When the problem first arose, we could get through the whole yard, but the battery was normally dead or too weak to start the tractor the following week when we went to use it.
In question are the stator and regulator.
Does anyone know if the regulator is easily replaceable? Outside of the engine? I can't find anything on the engine that 'looks' like a regulator. The regulator shows on the schematic, but no part # is anywhere in the manual.
Does anyone know what approximate repair $ we're talking if the stator is bad? I'm assuming it's internal to the engine and difficult to access.
Anyone have any troubleshooting ideas? I don't have any manuals that pin points any of the pieces in the engine.
The Solenoid is easy to find, as well as the starter.
Thanks for any help you may be able to provide...
Dave
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Dave,
I have the exact same problem with my 2346XLS and thinking it was the batttery had it replaced but the problem still exists, did you get an answer to the problem and is it resolved?
Bob
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Nope, no answers from anyone. I replaced the solenoid because one of the phone techs thought it could be that, and since it was an inexpensive repair ($27) I went that route first.
Didn't help.
So the only things left that I can think of are the inline fuse shown in the diagram which I have yet to find, the regulator which doesn't have a part # in the manual or the stator. I think either the regulator or stator will be an expensive fix.
Right now, we're keeping the tractor charged before and after use, but that's a short term fix. Up north, our leaves are done and it'll sit for the winter, so we'll either just wait until spring, or take it to a shop.
Too bad about this answerarmy site, Husky phone support really builds this up as a way to get some help, but it's really not all they are cracking it up to be....
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Thanks for getting back so soon. I am doing the same thing by keeping the battery charged, I also found out that if the battery is so low it wont let the relay engange so the blades won't spin.....I think that something continues to draw down the battery during operation.
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It doesn't surprise me there's a draw on the battery while the unit is in operation. The issue here is there are supposed to be 12v out, and 14v in to the battery which means when you're done running the tractor your battery should be fully charged.
The part you and I obviously have wrong is that we're not getting the 14v back into the battery while the tractor is running. Therefore, if we run the tractor long enough it dies from a dead battery, and if we make it through without the tractor dying, it's charge level is significantly reduced requiring us to charge it before we use it next.
The stator is what generates the charge to be put back into the battery, and the regulator insures that no more than 14v is put back into the battery.
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I can't find anything that looks like a regulator/charger on the tractor, have you been able to locate it?
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No, I haven't.
So the stator, if you look at the picture above, is a big wire wound coil that is probably on the bottom of the engine. It will spin around just as the cover on the top of the engine does. Somewhere, connected via wire to the stator is the regulator. The parts lists in the manual don't list a part # for the regulator, so does that mean it's not a replaceable part? I don't know.
This is the part where the husky techs are supposed to chime in and help us out according to the 800 number. Unfortunately that isn't happening, so we're just left floundering on our own.
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I am calling the shop where I bought it to see if they have a technician there who could shed some light on this. Thanks for your help, I plan to mulch some leaves today so I have been charging the battery for a few hours already.
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The "real" technician was not there today however the person I spoke with was somewhat familiar with the tractor and said the stator is in the engine and he suggested I look for a short in the harness. Somewhere the insulation may be chafed to the wire that is in the battery circuit. At least I will look for that today.
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Last weekend I replugged all connections and for at least one week it seems to have solved the problem. Wait and see.
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