On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:04:19 GMT, lid (nsaikia) wrote:

Ok. From what I gather from the reply so far, it is not a short. It
seems the charging system is broke somewhere. I replaced the
regulator with an automotive one, as I could not find a lawn mower
one handy. I will start there again to check.

I didn't notice this until M.R. pointed it out (I read automotive as
"automatic"!

The output of that regualator is meant to be the same 13.x volts DC,
but the anticipated input is very different. The car it is meant for
has an alternator, but your lawnmower doesn't, does it? (I don't know
much about big lawn mowers. Do they have generators instead of
alternators, or some third thing?)

I am looking for information on the charging system of a Briggs and
Stratton (I do not know if it will be any different when installed on
a Toro). I do not know if getting one of the Briggs repair manual will
help me on that. Can you guys point me to the right direction?