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RE: (ET) RE: 600 ?
- Subject: RE: (ET) RE: 600 ?
- From: Larry Elie <lelie ford com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:26:28 -0400
- Sender: owner-elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
That wasn't what I meant. I left out the units, my error, but I wasn't
talking
the mechanical load but the current. Someone posted (as I recall)
600 AMPS! I don't think the wires will handle that (that's the limit of
most
clip-on meters as well) so I doubt it. I suspect 300 amps as a maximum.
Larry Elie
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From: Lee Richardson[SMTP:lrichard jbc edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 8:39 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) RE: 600 ?
>On the side, someone posted that he had measured several hundred (600?...
I don't
>recall and that sounds too high) on a hill. The fusible links will drop
quickly at those
>sorts of current.
>
>Larry Elie
>
>From Lee:
If that was me - - I said that I had pulled 500 or 600 pounds (a barrel of
water or 1/3 rick of green oak firewood) up a pretty steep hill (12
degrees). This is in 2nd gear (with my E-15). I seldom let the needle get
into the yellow, let alone the red, so I've never had any trouble with
over-heating. I have no idea what the amps are.
I appreciate the note about the tractor pull. I've often wondered what the
Electrac would do in one of those.