battery and the seat safety feature

[bertsmobile1]

Oh really? Care to explain what the problem with that is? I thought 12 volts was 12 volts. I recently recommended that someone who I suspected had a bad mower battery jump from their vehicle battery directly to their mower battery cables using jumper cables, eliminating their mower battery. Should I go find and delete that post?

Darryl
Nothing wrong per say with STARTING using jumper leads
The problem is RUNNING with a flat battery or failed charging system
So if the battery has just self discharged, fine , go mow, after you have let it sit running full speed for 15 minutes or so to get some power back into the battery .

It also depends upon the mower
Less of a problem with an MTD Vari Drive with manual PTO
Big problems with anything with an electric clutch
The stator sits under the flywheel where it gets no cooling what soever
So when running at full power for several hours physically burns out
I have replaced at least a dozen stators that are actually charred and burned to a crisp.

They are not designed to run at full power for more than a few minutes