I hope you'll allow this in the cars section...
Our tractor mower was virtually flat after the winter... a flicker but it wouldn't start. We jumped it 2 weeks ago from our car and it ran fine but today, nothing. We connected the jump leads and not so much as a flicker of lights on the dashboard.
I'm not sure if that indicates the battery is dead or something else - I've jumped a car with totally shot battery in the past so am worried something else could be the issue but no idea what.
We did notice the car batter terminals seemed covered in a thin white layer (a bit like galvanised zinc) which were not there last time (we think). The car is only a couple of years old and just serviced, I do recall it's possible for corrosion to block conduction but we might be chasing a red herring here and it was always like that!
Where should I start looking? To summarise, we used the same jump-leads from the same car many times in the last few months, and on the same lawnmower 2 weeks ago, never with issues.
Thanks!
Our tractor mower was virtually flat after the winter... a flicker but it wouldn't start. We jumped it 2 weeks ago from our car and it ran fine but today, nothing. We connected the jump leads and not so much as a flicker of lights on the dashboard.
I'm not sure if that indicates the battery is dead or something else - I've jumped a car with totally shot battery in the past so am worried something else could be the issue but no idea what.
We did notice the car batter terminals seemed covered in a thin white layer (a bit like galvanised zinc) which were not there last time (we think). The car is only a couple of years old and just serviced, I do recall it's possible for corrosion to block conduction but we might be chasing a red herring here and it was always like that!
Where should I start looking? To summarise, we used the same jump-leads from the same car many times in the last few months, and on the same lawnmower 2 weeks ago, never with issues.
Thanks!