RE: (ET) newbie

[Anthony Bailey <a636ccr semovm semo edu>]

Hello Larry, you can find restorable GE eletraks for $100? That's great. I
cant seem to find one here, let alone for $100. I live outside Marble Hill,
Missouri which is 30 miles west of Cape Girardeau on the mississippi.
Tony

>Max, although you are right, I still can find complete and restorable 
>GE's for
> the
>same $100.  Seems an easier route to me.
>
>BTW, anyone in the SE Michigan NW Ohio need one, and I can find you one.
>
>Larry Elie
>
>
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>From:  Max Hall[SMTP:maxo iname com]
>Sent:  Wednesday, June 02, 1999 6:11 PM
>To:    elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
>Subject:       Re: (ET) newbie
>
>Hey yous guys,
>
>if you are in the US, think used electric GOLF CARTS.  They tend to have
>about 3hp 36 vdc electric motors (the rough equivalent of 9 HP from a gas
>engine) and can be had for less than $100 if you poke around. Also, they
>have resistive (read: slightly wasteful, but cheap cheap cheap and
>thoroughly adequate for your prototyping efforts -- spend money on solid
>stae controllers later, or use it to get to full power w/o arcing to push
>your hydrostatic drive) controllers that are tougher than boiled owls.
>
>Good luck and keep us posted, no matter what you do. Successes and 
>failures
>are equally instructive.
>
>-Max Hall
>-maxo iname com
>-Plywood Guy, Scooters, and what-all: http://www.maxmatic.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: harry boswell which net <harry boswell which net>
>To: Jeff Tickner <jefft softlanding com>
>Cc: 'elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu' <elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu>
>Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 5:15 PM
>Subject: Re: (ET) newbie
>
>
>>Hello Jeff,
>>
>>Yes I also wish to convert my hydrostatic Ariens GT17 to electric and am
>>hoping that I can use a constant speed from the motor and therefor avoid 
>>a
>>controller.
>>
>>Will be interested to see or hear what replies you obtain.
>>
>>Keep in touch,
>>
>>Harry, ( Cambridge, England.)
>>
>>Jeff Tickner wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Craftsman lawn tractor I want to convert to electric. It has a
>>> hydrostatic transaxle so do I need a controller? Any sources for
>>> inexpensive DC motors, maybe used? It was a 15HP, used with a mowing 
>>> deck
>>> and snowblower, what size motor is reccomended?
>>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>>

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Anthony Bailey (mailto:a636ccr semovm semo edu) Apple Computer Technician
for Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO  63701