LX2610 hours

[jrsavoie]

LX2610
Is it possible that we had a lot of hours registered on the machine when we left the key in the on position until the battery was dead.

 

[NorthwoodsLife]

Yes.

How long does it take to kill a battery if the tractor was left in the ON position.

My speculation... a SWAG... SCIENTIFIC WILD ASS GUESS...
Lights on? My guess is 12 to 24 hours.
Aux lights on? My guess is 4 to 5 hours.
All lights off? My guess is 4 or 5 days.... or maybe a month or two.

Check the date or hrs at your last maintenance, that should give you a clue of the non-op but keyed on situation.

 

[old and tired]

Yes, some machines start the hour meter once the key is turned on. Mine does not do that but there are tractors that do.

 

[jrsavoie]

Thank you all.

At the time this happened, we never even set eyes on the machine for quite a while.

I never put 2 and 2 together until I noticed we had gone from 40 hours to about 90 hours.
Last I looked we had 40 hours and had a little mowing to do.

I mowed for about an hour and finally looked at the hours and it said about 90.

I don't know what comes on the key on. Must not be much more than the hour meter.

 

[nbryan]

Thank you all.

At the time this happened, we never even set eyes on the machine for quite a while.

I never put 2 and 2 together until I noticed we had gone from 40 hours to about 90 hours.
Last I looked we had 40 hours and had a little mowing to do.

I mowed for about an hour and finally looked at the hours and it said about 90.

I don't know what comes on the key on. Must not be much more than the hour meter.

The hour meter and fuel solenoid, dash electronics, engine sensors.
Prob a few more i missed off the top of my head.

My suggestion on how to proceed?

Do your 50-hour scheduled service now.
When it rolls around to 200 hours on the gauge, do the 200 hour scheduled service anyway, which will be about 50 hours ahead of actual engine hours, but it sure won't hurt the machine!
That parts and fluids hole in your wallet comes a bit sooner, just once.
And you can enjoy your great machine without having to always second-guess the hours meter reading vs the service schedule.

 

[jrsavoie]

The hour meter and fuel solenoid, dash electronics, engine sensors.
Prob a few more i missed off the top of my head.

My suggestion on how to proceed?

Do your 50-hour scheduled service now.
When it rolls around to 200 hours on the gauge, do the 200 hour scheduled service anyway, which will be about 50 hours ahead of actual engine hours, but it sure won't hurt the machine!
That parts and fluids hole in your wallet comes a bit sooner, just once.
And you can enjoy your great machine without having to always second-guess the hours meter reading vs the service schedule.

Thanks.
That was the plan I had in mind.

 

[Geezer3d]

I was hoping that the hour meter was tied to engine RPM, but it looks like it's just a simple clock.