RE: (ET) My first E15 and a reversing problem

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

Ken & Peter;

Yes, but the damage only occurs if something is not working right!

If you reverse on flat land, without pulling some heavy load like a 
wagon, even at max speed, nothing SHOULD brake.  I have watched my 
kids & their friends trying to pop wheelies by going full reverse to 
full forward (without the heavy deck of course) and the ET can indeed 
pop a wheelie on concrete.  It can lay a patch in either direction.  
They do it with the speed control and not the brake.  I should say 
they DID, not do; I put a stop to it.  But an accidental reverse should not
brake anything.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Olum [mailto:kdo cosmos phy tufts edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:40 PM
To: plitch attglobal net
Cc: roden ald net; elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) My first E15 and a reversing problem


   From: "Pieter Litchfield" <plitch attglobal net>
   Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:20:15 -0500

   It seems that I have caused problems with my e-15 by moving the speed
   control to reverse while rolling (not necessarily under power) forward.
Can
   moving the speed control into reverse while the motor is still turning
   forward cause a blown reverse relay?

Yes.  It causes arcing and eventual welding of the contacts.  There's
a circuit on the control board to prevent this from happening, but it
doesn't work well enough.

                        Ken