RE: (ET) an idiot's guide to....

[Dave & Debbie Barden <daveb seanet com>]

What would cause the motors to not stop immediately after turning off the 
PTO 
switch?  Usually they stop immediately but several times they free-wheel 
for 5 
seconds or so.

A different topic but still in this catagory:  I drove my E12S down the 
road 
about 1/2 mile to fetch its trailer.  Going was downhill, I was in high 
gear 
and running full throttle and noted some extra loud noise and thought the 
wheel 
bearings might need grease or something else was rubbing, maybe the brake 
dragging.  Then I realized it was probably "regen" (?) motor braking.  So 
for 
the rest of the downhill part I put it in neutral and coasted whisper 
quiet.  
So my question is: is there a point when the motor may be harmed by 
forward 
momentum being to fast??  Or could the noise have been coming from the 
gearcase?

thanks,
dave 
Seattle
E12S
E15mod

> I just use a mirror set in front at an appropriate angle and sit on the 
> seat.
> 
> Larry Elie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave & Debbie Barden [mailto:daveb seanet com]
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:52 PM
> To: tchapin umich edu; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: (ET) an idiot's guide to....
> 
> 
> Etrac trouble shooting.  
> 
> Well there I was all by myself trying to determine which way my blades 
> were
> spinning.  For some reason I don't understand the trick of turning one 
> blade 
by
> hand does not work. The other blades don't budge.  So here's what I did. 
>  
First
> I tilted the deck 90 degrees so I could see the blades.  Makeing sure 
> nothing
> would fly off and if it did I wouldn't be in it's path I flipped the 
> switch
> on/off.  Ok after several times it looked to me like the leftmost motor 
> was
> turning backward but I couldn't be absolutely certain.  So...  I took a 
> 20 ft
> piece of brown garden twine and tied it to the blade and wound it around 
> a few
> times before hitting the switch.  Any idea how fast a spinning blade 
> will 
wrap a
> piece of twine around the shaft?  Well not as fast as you might think 
> and it
> actually worked quite well.  I did determine that yes indeed that one 
> motor is
> spinning the wrong way.  I suppose the fact that that blade is much 
> sharper 
than
> the other two should've tipped me off but I didn't notice that or think 
> to 
look
> for that until after my little string test.
> 
> So now what do I do to reverse the direction of the motor?  Which 
> wire(s) do I
> switch?  there's two terms in close on a plastic housing. and two terms 
> out on
> the larger diameter down on the metal part of the motor.  The 2 
> conductor wire
> coming from the harness goes to the inner and outer tems.  and then a 
> short 
wire
> connects the inner term to the outer term.  I dont' know which wires to 
> need
> switching.  Help!!
> 
> TIA
> Dave
> Seattle
> E12S
> > An fyi...
> > 
> > Boyer Lawn & Garden Equipment
> > North Webster, Indiana
> > 574-834-2046
> > 
> > has old stock inventory for the ge elec traks.  Might help for the 
> > people
> > located near North Webster.
> > 
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