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    kountry bar Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 14, 2007, 12:17 PM
    Recharging lawn tractor battery
    My John Deere battery for my lawn tractor -- LT 133 -- is (almost) dead. Can I jump start it by using battery cables hooked up to my Ford van, or is the van battery too powerful for the Deere? I don't want to fry either or both.
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    Feb 14, 2007, 12:34 PM
    You should be just fine, they are both 12vdc. Your car battery is larger and can crank more but 12v is 12 v. Connect your cables just like jumping a car. The good battery has the red/black cavbles on the terminals. The bad battery put the red on the positive terminal and ground the black cable to the frame or bare steel area of the tractor.
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    Feb 28, 2007, 07:28 PM
    Yep... but do keep in mind, a drained battery puts a hurting on the stator... as the engine has to recharge it... not keep it up now..
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    Oct 2, 2011, 08:29 AM
    Do I have to disconnected my battery and remove it from the mower to charge it? It's a Ferris 500 Z and I would also have to remove my hydrolic system?
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