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Do Lawn Mowers have alternators that charge their batteries back up, or
do they just die out like any other battery, then you have to replace
it?

The reason I'm asking is, my battery recently died on my Murray and I
charged it up. Worked like a charm. I mowed my entire yard, then
tried to get some tall grass in the back of the yard and it killed my
mower. When I tried to restart it I had no luck. It acted like it did
the day before when the battery was dead. I haven't recharged it yet,
but I'm pretty sure that's the problem.

Any suggestions? New battery time or could it be something else.


Sounds like some sort of electrical problem. You didn't say how big a yard
you have but if it's anysize and you were able to finish mowing it I 'd
suspect a short somewhere in the wiring that dischrges the battery when the
engine is shut off. I had an older simplicity that did that. Frayed
battercable touching the frame. As long as it was running no problem but
shut it down for an hour and dead battery. Have the electrical system
cheked before just getting a new alternator for it. A new battery cable
fixed mine.

Dave M