Re: (ET) Tool receptacle

["Christopher Zach" <czach computer org>]

Interesting, because the small plug is rated at only 20 amps. At 36 volts
this gives you a max current of:

20amps*36 volts=720 watts.

Thus the inverter could produce 720 watts if it was 100% efficient. A 95%
efficient Trace inverter should be able to do:

720*.95=684 watts

I wonder if the ET was being overloaded? Is that plug on any sort of a fuse
inside the tractor?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: RE: (ET) Tool receptacle


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> The only ET rotary converter I ever saw was red and had the small twist
lock
> plug on it. I think they were built by Redipower, or some company name or
> product like that.
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> Google and see if you can fine them.
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>   Dwight
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pestka, Dennis J [mailto:Dennis Pestka TycoHealthcare com]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:00 PM
> To: 'Gary Woodard'; Lee Richardson; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: RE: (ET) Tool receptacle
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> Lee;
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> Do you have to be sitting in the seat for the inverter to work ?
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> All the power accessory tools were made to plug into the small receptacle
> because it is live at all times.
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> The large receptacle works off the PTO switch and for that to work the
seat
> safety switch must be engaged.
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> The Welder has 2 wires that clip on to the safety seat switch to override
> it.
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> I talked to Bill Gunn and he didn't know of any inverters that were made
to
> plug into the large receptacle.
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> He thought that maybe someone had modified yours with the larger plug.
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> Dennis
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Woodard [mailto:farmallcub57 yahoo com]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:19 PM
> To: Lee Richardson; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: RE: (ET) Tool receptacle
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> Lee:
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>   Is yours G.E. or Wheelhorse?  I know they looked the same, except for
the
> color. I looked through all my Wheelhorse and G.E. literature and didn't
> find any pictures of G.E. rotary inverters. Only a G.E. Model AP60
> "non-rotary" rated at 1000 watts for 5 hours (8.5 amps at 117 volts). 
> Both
> the G.E. non-rotary and the Wheelhorse rotary in my literature plug into
the
> smaller receptacle. However, I'm sure that I have seen a G.E. rotary
> somewhere that plugged into the larger mower receptacle. There may have
been
> different units available from time to time.  My 120 volt chain saw draws
10
> amps(label), but a rotary unit would power that on an intermittent basis.
> The Wheel Horse literature only gives a 120 volt rating. No wattage or
> amperage rating. Does anyone else have any literature on G. E.'s rotary
> inverter ratings?
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> Gary
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>   Lee Richardson <lrichard jbc edu> wrote:
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> At 08:30 AM 03/08/2002 -0500, Pestka, Dennis J wrote:
> >I also have a rotary.
> >It was made for my Wheelhorse model C-185.
> >It is suppose to supply about 7 amps of 110VAC.
> >
> >Do you know how many amps yours will supply ?
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> >From Lee:
> No! However I have used it for years to power electric chain saws which I
> think draw between 10 and 12 amps. But I'm not sure even about that.
>
> I looked at the picture. It looks like the same animal. But I swear, mine
> plugs into the big socket. I turn it on and off with the 'mower' switch.
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