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Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 31, 2005 at 04:49:51 from (209.226.247.33):
In Reply to: Re: Speaking of batteries, . . . . posted by Doug in OR on January 30, 2005 at 20:31:00:
Doug: When I farmed, I lived on the east coast of Canada. We quite regularly saw temps through late Dec., on through Jan. and Feb. as low as -20F and yes twice but only twice in my lifetime -40F. I just forget the actual cranking amps on each system. The 1066 and John Deere 540A forestry skidder had batteries to factory specs. I do remember 1066 with two 6 volt in series was the higher in cold cranking amps. My 560D and 656D had 6 volt batteries almost twice the weight of factory originals and indeed would crank with Deere any cold morning. Usually those engine block heaters were pluged in, the Deere being the exception as it was often in the bush and no electricity. Whether the Deere was pluged in or not, (using ether when not pluged in) it would fire up with much less cranking than the Farmalls. Of course the 560 and 656 had the added drain on batteries of glow plugs. They were around some years before the 1066 and Deere, thus I learned very early it takes big batteries to operate glow plugs. 60,000 hours of engine operation tells me, that in practice either system will work quite well. I would certainly never change one based on my experience. I think it has more to do with how heavy you buy when steping up to counter, 6 volt or 12.
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