Re: (ET) Snow blower wiring

["Steven Naugler" <snaugler earthlink net>]

Tom and others,

The snow blower does not have dynamic braking and does take quite a while 
to
coast to a stop.

Maybe my earlier posts on the GE snowblowers are prejudicial, but I gave up
on using my GE snowblower and use a gas Ariens instead.
Its two stage design clogs on wet snow a lot less than the GE single stage,
it it much more manueverable in my particular driveway, and it was free.  I
do miss the relative quiet of the GE electric design though.

I have kept my eye out for a surplus or used tractor mounted two stage that
I could convert to electric and the GE mounting, but they have been
expensive or trash.  Like I really need another project.

Steve Naugler
snaugler earthlink net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Coate" <tcoate coate org>
To: "Elec-Trak List" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: (ET) Snow blower wiring


> This seems like an odd topic to even think about, sitting here with
windows
> open and the mercury pushing for 80 today, but the leaves are falling so
the
> time will be coming...
>
> I have a snow blower attachment (26AD42BA model) that I acquired with my
> E-20.  From what I read on the list archives it may not turn out that
useful
> with our snow that usually tends to the wet side, but since its here, I
> thought I'd give it a go.
>
> My question is: are the snow blowers supposed to be wired like the mowing
> decks to use the dynamic braking?  Or are they intended just to coast to 
> a
> stop?
>
> It came to me with the third wire on the power cord just dangling loose,
so
> I can't tell what the original setup was.
>
> - Tom Coate
> Leesburg, VA  E-20
>
>