<div dir="ltr"><div>Chris, are you still heavily restricting the output air flow?  Maybe that would explain your crazy current draw.  I run the noggler for a couple of hours with a stock lead acid battery pack, but I have a 5'x3' panel of 1/4" steel hardware cloth letting the air out of the top of the leaf collection cart.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for not sending the pictures yet!</div><div><br></div><div>--Charlie<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 8:35 PM Rob Brockway via Elec-trak <<a href="mailto:elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu">elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
        <div dir="ltr">I have an elec-trak vacuum blower I bought new from Bill Gunn years ago.  Mine does not draw a lot of amps, perhaps 15-22 amps.  I can check the actual amount next weekend if you would like.  Reduces my range a  notably but nothing dramatic.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Monday, October 28, 2019, 11:41:47 AM EDT, Ken Olum <<a href="mailto:kdo@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu" target="_blank">kdo@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu</a>> wrote:
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                <div><div dir="ltr">   From: "David Roden" <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:etpost@drmm.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">etpost@drmm.net</a>><br clear="none">   Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:41:43 -0400<br clear="none"><br clear="none">   If you're running a 90ah battery flat in 30 mins, your load is 180 amps!  <br clear="none">   That's HUGE.  Lead batteries do NOT like that kind of load.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A similar problem with snow blowing is why I have AGM batteries in my<br clear="none">Ox.  But there are some other issues.  Is an Elec-Trak wired with AWG 6<br clear="none">wire?  I don't remember.  AWG 6 is rated for 75A (with 90C insulation<br clear="none">and 20C ambient).  And isn't there a 90A circuit breaker?  Leaf<br clear="none">vacuuming is much more of a continuous activity than snowblowing and you<br clear="none">do it at higher outside temperatures, so overheating seems like an issue.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">                                        Ken<div id="gmail-m_1947673010400652617ydp2fe7d581yqtfd33905"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Elec-trak mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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