19-28 Greenmech wont start

[Charles mcdonagh]

Hi there I have a 2014 greenmech 150 and My display unit, when I turn the key to start it up.It just keeps beeping.Can any one try helping me , please 

[Charles mcdonagh]

Some 1 help me plz 07873374867

[Doug Tait]

@Jase hutch  might have a clue

[monkeybusiness]

Is your battery charged and your flywheel free to turn? If you can’t turn it by hand then you need to clear whatever is blocking it (sometimes only a small piece of chip).

[Jase hutch]

Hello , 

What's on the display when it's beeping  ?

[swinny]

I've recently had it where my battery was showing 12.2v so down a little but wouldn't do anything ... even when charged. Voltage was there but nobody (cracking amps) was home

[GarethM]

1 minute ago, swinny said:

I've recently had it where my battery was showing 12.2v so down a little but wouldn't do anything ... even when charged. Voltage was there but nobody (cracking amps) was home

So try jump starting before delving any deeper, we've all had it even on tractor batteries.

 

Even when the battery conditioners say it's good, come to crank and nothing especially on start stop equipment like chippers, forklifts etc.

 

Best thing I ever did was fit battery monitors/balance charger sockets, flashing green light or amber and it's time for a charge or a heavy bit of use.

[swinny]

41 minutes ago, GarethM said:

So try jump starting before delving any deeper, we've all had it even on tractor batteries.

 

Even when the battery conditioners say it's good, come to crank and nothing especially on start stop equipment like chippers, forklifts etc.

 

Best thing I ever did was fit battery monitors/balance charger sockets, flashing green light or amber and it's time for a charge or a heavy bit of use.

Yeah when jump started and forced to recharge a 14.4 very etc they seem to do OK  when run for the day etc.... soon when left a week or so won't crank. I've one machine that doesn't get used often, I jump started it and left it running on trailer to site lol 😆  it ran all day then and was fine. But that was not last week, week before, bet it's back to knackered now. 

 

No point fancying around though with batteries just swap them out. 

 

On machines that don't get loads of use, unhook terminals and charge every now and again. Also make sure sat on a rubber matt etc.

 

My teleporter at yard I tried to wrap allsorts around it to keep frost out and touch wood that's fine. 

 

On the chipper front as I've a few and swap between what I use each day / week I've decided not to renew battery on machine left idle but just pinch it off the one in use for the time needed

 

Always bought quality too... varta etc  not cheap shite

Edited November 24 by swinny

[GarethM]

3 minutes ago, swinny said:

Yeah when jump started and forced to recharge a 14.4 very etc they seem to do OK  when run for the day etc.... soon when left a week or so won't crank. I've one machine that doesn't get used often, I jump started it and left it running on trailer to site lol 😆  it ran all day then and was fine. But that was not last week, week before, bet it's back to knackered now. 

 

No point fancying around though with batteries just swap them out. 

 

On machines that don't get loads of use, unhook terminals and charge every now and again. Also make sure sat on a rubber matt etc.

 

My teleporter at yard I tried to wrap allsorts around it to keep frost out and touch wood that's fine. 

 

On the chipper front as I've a few and swap between what I use each day / week I've decided not to renew battery on machine left idle but just pinch it off the one in use for the time needed

 

Always bought quality too... varta etc  not cheap shite

Yeap, was just saying start simple to identify the problem instead of thinking automatically it's something more in-depth 🙂

[swinny]

15 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Yeap, was just saying start simple to identify the problem instead of thinking automatically it's something more in-depth 🙂

Yup, multi meter straight away. See if it will jump, if it does, multimeter again can tell you alot straight away 👍