RE: (ET) Intro: Just bought an Elec-Trac

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Murcek [mailto:rmurcek geisinger edu]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:35 PM
To: roden ald net; czach computer org; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Intro: Just bought an Elec-Trac


Just a clarification about the transformer isolation thing...  You can 
charge three pairs of 6V batteries at the same time from a single source, 
but you'd have to disconnect some of the tractor's interbattery 
connections.  This has been a hot topic here since most consider this a 
major nuisance.


Yes, but you can check the isolation with an ohm-meter.  I have used 2 or 
more chargers WITH the ET charger (fully isolated) to do a quick charge, 
without any disconnects.  I have not yet seen (others have) chargers that 
are not isolated.  Unfortunately, the ET charger likes to see a circuit 
pretty much all by itself to avoid tripping a breaker, or I might have 
used more.  All you really have to insure is that you don't try to COMBINE 
batteries (i.e. parallel them) without disconnecting interbattry 
connections.  

Larry Elie