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Hi John and everyone,
The main disconnect is not needed for operation
when using the Alltrax controller because it controls one of the salvaged
contactors automatically. The contactor (or solenoid) is turned on when
the Throttle Switch is closed and turns off about a second after the Throttle
Switch is opened during throttle operation.
The reason the controller has control of the
contactor is because it allows the vehicle to sit idle with the key off and
still be able to detect if the vehicle tries to roll away ( Roll Detect ).
The controller, if wired per our instructions, always has power applied and
draws less current than the self discharge rate of the batteries. The
contactor replaces the main disconnect ( but I kept the fuse link ).
The Charge/Run switch allows you to disable the controller completely and also
isolates the ET electric's from the battery charger when charging.
Remember the controller has 63V rated parts in it, if the charger regulating
capacitor goes south you could apply more than 60 volts into the controller and
blow its caps !
Thanks for bringing this up guys !
Steve
Alltrax Inc.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:08
PM
Subject: Re: (ET) No more Bill Gunn? -
Alltrax install & broken maindisconnect - question
Hi Steve & others who have done or plan to
convert to Alltrax,
Steve kinda implies the main disconnect is no
longer needed.
Is that intentional? (relay are more obviously
not needed - but main disconnect was more a safety feature than speed or
direction control).
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:52
PM
Subject: Re: (ET) No more Bill
Gunn?
Mark,
You have to remove all that stuff anyway to
install the Alltrax, since it's not needed any more. GO ahead and
install the Alltrax controller.
Steve
Alltrax inc.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:14
AM
Subject: (ET) No more Bill
Gunn?
Hey
all,
I just got an E-20 and another
E-20 on the way,? the first one isn?t running so I opened it up and found
all the relays physically broken, the Main Power Disconnect is also
broken,? so I don?t know what else is broken
yet,?
So I called Bill Gunn,? and he
told me he is no longer selling Elec-Trak stuff. Some guy in Costa
Rica(?) is purchasing (maybe) the operation but not all the items and then
isn?t going to be supplying parts.
EEEEK.
Does anyone have 5 relays and
a Main Power Disconnect? Or should I just go ahead and pull all that
stuff and try to install my Alltrax?
Thanks
Mark
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