Newby-poster here. Just wanted to give my thanks to everyone who's shared their experiences and results here. I've got a Ryobi 42" ZeroTurn with dying lead batteries, so I've been trying to figure out the best conversion method for my needs. I've built a solar-battery setup for my trailer...
I'm always a little extra-wary when it comes to wiring, but the "hotwire blue to battery-positive" made the most sense to me, so I went with it.
I reused the blue wire coming out of the original charging port and connected it directly to the positive terminal on the battery, and plugged it...
Can you post some pics or give more of a description on how you actually bypassed the charger lockout circuit? I can't understand why I need to even plug it back in.
I can splice the red and yellow wire, but what do I do with the separate blue wire coming out of the box?
I plan to use the...
Did some more digging in the thread and found this post by UltrasoundJelly.
If I understand correctly, I don't need to mess with the yellow or red, I just need to connect the blue wire coming out of the 'box' to the battery-positive lead. That bypasses the charging circuit lockout.
Did I get...