Re: (ET) E20 Rookie - more questions

["" <thumphrey mynra com>]

> 
>> 
> >You're both right.
> 
> >There are the large strap resistors (mounted over the charger)that 
> >limit
> armature current and then the smaller >ceramic resistors (mounted on a 
> card
> behind the dash) that weaken the field. To get the highest speed you need
> >to bypass the straps and not bypass the ceramics.
> 
> Yes, but the E12S ( and I assume the E12) does not have the field 
> weakening
> resistors. The E12S has three forward speeds, the E15 adds two? more 
> speeds
> (as you note) by adding field weakening control.
> 
> In either case though, wouldn't greatest power (not speed) come from no
> series resistance (in either?).
> 
Yes, you're correct about the E12 not having field weakening resistors, I 
was writing about what applies to my I-5 and E-20's (thread subject). 

Yes! Max power is with no resistors in circuit.

Stay Charged!
Hump
 
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