Dave: While the average run time may be three minutes, the most recent start was 20 minutes of that 35 min. Quite possibly as Bob M mentions, the new battery may have been not near full charge. It's a 550 cca battery and in this warm weather startng my 130 doesn't draw a lot of amps. It always starts in less than 5 seconds cranking time. It has always been that way even in winter at -20.
I'm thinking if I hook up my charger with battery disconnected from tractor. If it draws 10 amps same as alternator, I can be assured the alternator has been doing what it should do. What surprised me on this, I've not had a new battery draw this level of amps this long in recent memory. Then when I think about it SA, 130 and 140 are the only place I have an amp guage. I put a new battery in my F-150 three weeks ago, I know it immediately started charging at 14 volts, but I have no idea how many amps it drew or for how long.
Soon as daylight comes I'll hook up charger, I'll let you know results.
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