Re: (ET) I-5 Charger Woes

["SteveS" <ssawtelle fcc net>]

Sounds to  you have short (maybe not a'dead' short, but close to it)
somehere in the tractor. That would explain meter in the red and may 
explain
the breaker popping as the charger is trying to draw too much current.

It could be the charger I guess. One of the service manuals on the
Elc-Trak.org site has a good troubleshooting procedure for chargers.
Actually it also has good troubleshooting for the rest of the machine. I
can't recall offhand which one it is in.

SteveS
E12S


----- Original Message -----
From: "Monty McGraw" <mmcgraw74 hotmail com>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 12:00 AM
Subject: (ET) I-5 Charger Woes


> After doing some mowing this afternoon, I noticed the energy gauge near
the
> red area.
>
> I pulled back to the ET Garage :), turned the charger timer to Start, and
> plugged in the charger.
>
> There was an unusually loud buzzing - not the normal charger sound, and
> within 15 seconds the buzzing stopped - because the house AC circuit
breaker
> had popped.
>
> I tried a different breaker with no other loads - same results.
>
> Anyone had to troubleshoot their charger lately for a similar problem?
>
> Monty McGraw
> I-5 in Magnolia Texas
>
>