Re: (ET) brakes

["MR23 \(Christopher M. Meier, Mpls, MN\)" <mr23 mn rr com>]

A bit of clarification.  Neil wrote about "panic" when the
drive motor doesn't run.   For the benefit of recently new
owners that haven't had their ET on a steep hill... I first
learned my ET's brake was 'weak' on a neighbor's hill,
when pushing it disconnected the motor drive, and with
the brake doing little to slow the ET down, it picked up
speed.  Fortunately I was mostly down the hill at that
point.  The next time it happened, I quickly re-engaged
the motor drive, and let the regen control the vehicle
speed.  It was not a natural feeling at first to 'trust' the
regen to maintain a pretty constant speed on the hill,
after years of driving ICE vehicles...

-Chris
Mpls, MN
E16, blade, mower deck, snow thrower.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Dennis" <wombat RealNS com>
To: "Elec-trak" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:18 PM
Subject: (ET) brakes


> Marty, make sure the switch (near the brake pedal) is activated & not
> bypassed.  Like the suggestions, lube everything, I've found that if the
> switch works, sometimes the pedal will stick down & suddenly (panic) the
> drive motor won't run.
> 
> See you list a John Deere, I've been running an E-90 for probably 20
> years, still runing but had to replace mower motor bearings this year.
> Do have continual problems with charger.
> 
> wombat
>