Re: (ET) tiller motor temperature

["goodguyforsure" <goodguyforsure hotmail com>]

Ok, now  I got questions...

I am tilling with an I-5, in LL. I get into the red zone alot. Is this a problem? and if so how do I control that.

Draw bar raised?...The draw bar attaches to the axle and then to the tractor hitch. At that point there are two holes. Are you telling me to put it in the upper hole for cultivating and in the lower hole for tilling? How long should I be able to till with new fully charged batteries?

thanks

John Briese

----- Original Message -----

From: Elie, Larry (L.D.)

To: 'Steven Naugler' ; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu

Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 9:43 AM

Subject: RE: (ET) tiller motor temperature

Steve, Neil, John;

 

I till.  Lots.  1/2 acre of raspberries, 1.5 acres strawberries, 1/2 acre garden.  Sandy soil.

 

When the hitch is RAISED at the drawbar, the tilling is "aggressive", when down it is "cultivating".  Use the chain to set the lowest depth; don't make the tiller bounce too much.  Untwist and remove weeds at the end of each row.  The motor WILL run hot.  It has a thermal shut off; if it overheats (rare for me) let it cool for 10 minutes, then depress HARD the interlock.  I till deep as slow as the tractor goes; I cultivate slow in L.  That's the main reason I'm going to an E-15; slow is slower.  The current may go into the yellow, but not as often as with the snow blower.  I never see yellow unless I'm over 4.5" deep and have weeds collected on the blades.  I have worked with other tillers (Troy-Built, Sears, Ariens, Siemens) for years, and the bolts on the tiller blades are wrong.  They should have used carriage bolts and short, low-profile nuts or better yet; dedicated plow-bolts.  The blade design is good but there is too much bolt drag and weed collection area on their bolts.  I intend to come up with better bolts later this season.

 

Larry Elie

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Naugler [mailto:snaugler earthlink net]
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:47 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) tiller motor temperature

John and others,

 

The GE motors aren't labeled, but I'd assume they have a temperature rating the same as industrial motors.  Most industrial motors are rated for a 40 deg C (72 deg F) temperature rise.  Industrial motors can frequently be much too hot to touch when heavily loaded.

 

I believe that tillers when performing normal tilling are expected to move the power meter well into the yellow zone, unlike the mower deck where you should stay in the green.  I don't have a tiller, but my snow blower manual specifically states that the power meter should be in the yellow zone.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Steve Naugler
snaugler earthlink net

----- Original Message -----

From: goodguyforsure

To: E-trak Write

Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 9:48 PM

Subject: (ET) tiller

Just finished using a tiller for 1-1/2 hours in hard packed sod.  Motor is too hot to touch. Is this normal?

I am thinking about tilling up close to an acre with this. Is that insane?

John Briese