Re: (ET) DRIVE MOTOR TEST

[Oasis654 aol com]

In a message dated 4/21/1 4:38:50 PM, Lordphipps999 aol com wrote:

<<The drive motor on my 26AE12CA has 2 large studs on the ouside with 2 
large 
wires (pos and neg?) attached to them. There are also 6 smaller wires 
(2-plug 
and 4-plug) going into the motor housing.
Could I just unhook everything and test the motor by attaching a pos cable 
and a neg cable to the large posts and hooking up to a battery pack?
>>

the short answer is no.  you can do it i think, if you only give it juice 
for 
a second, so the motor dosen't overrev.  it needs the small wires for a 
field 
to control speed.  you can also do it at less than the rated voltage just 
as 
a test, and only for short spurt.  perhaps the more electrically inclined 
will supply details. 
    good luck, jon k