9/2/2023 0 Comments Ryobi zero turn mower![]() ![]() You definitely should not be doing “boost charging” as this will shorten the lifespan of the batteries. The beginning voltage should be 51 - 52 volts regardless of what the % meter reads. This all goes into a spreadsheet so I can track any performance trends of the batteries. I record the hour meter and the number of bars out on the BLM (% on the ZT meter). I invested $30 in a recording watt meter to record the amount of electricity it takes for each use. I also record the starting and ending times with my cell phone. The bottom two contacts of the charging port are the positive and negative for the pack. I record the pack voltage when I take it off the charger to mow and I record the voltage when I’m done using it right before putting it on the charger. My neighbor and I have taken to installing small volt meters on our machines at the charging port. People have eve had the meter replaced under warranty and still have the problem. The ZTs have numerous instances of mis-reporting the charge percentage. The BLM is rather erratic and the hour meter is off by 6% on my mower. My RM and my neighbor’s RM both have issues with the Battery Level Meter and the hour meter. There are a multitude of questions on the HD web pages for the different models of the ZT about the instrumentation. Both the ZT480s & RM480s have questionable instrumentation. I’m a bit wrapped up in supporting the HD Q&A web pages for the Ryobi riding mowers. I have been using the battery down to 10% on the morning mow (I now realize I should not do this as I read the article from about not taking the battery down to less than 20%).Īnyone else have a similar issue with the batteries or have suggestions? Thanks for your input. Plug in the mower for a few hours and then mow in the afternoon. She stated they had never heard of the problem before. I called Ryobi about the problem, but their response was that it shouldn't be happening and the representative I spoke with did not believe me. waited a minute, and then plugged it back in for 10 minutes the battery would then show 100% charge. Since it has been charging all week, it should be at 100%. When I get ready to mow, I check the battery level. I mow once a week and keep the mower plugged in whenever it is not in use. Note: I fully charged it before I used it the first time. In the first year I more than paid for it in comparison to what I paid a landscaping company the year before.Īlmost from the beginning I have had an issue with the battery. It s a fantastic mower and well worth the price. I have a Ryobi ZT480e that I bought last year. ![]() My attempts to contact ryobi gave me nothing but try to charge it longer or buy new batteries. But it’s still showing full charge on the display.Īnyone have any thoughts. Stepped on the pedal and nothing happened. This worked as the regular charger started working again. So I disconnected all the battery’s and charged them individually to 10v. Turns out the battery’s were under 50% and would not take a charge. Plugged it into the charger and again nothing. Fast forward to this past weekend and I got the mower out of the garage. For the winter I packed it into my garage and left it on the charger.Ībout a month back I was doing some organization in my garage and I unplugged the mower. ![]()
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