From: Jim Coate <jbc coate org>
Reply-To: jbc coate org
To: Elec-Trak <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Subject: Re: (ET) wiring diag help needed...
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:01:12 -0400
That's a bummer! I've let that special smoke out of controllers before and
it's no fun... normally followed by several minutes of trying to logic my
way through what my nose has long since told me.
I was going to ask about how you had it wired, but what you list matches
the schematic I have perfectly (page 5-23). The mower motors & PTO should
be totally separate circuit from the AllTrax so any shorts or other faults
would have no impact. Actually a true short on the PTO should blow the
fusible link and just shut everything down.
Hopefully someone else has more insight.
Dave & Deb wrote:
Quick review. Everything was fine for the morning's work of hauling hay
making 8 or 9 300ft trips down the driveway with the hay and back. forward
reverse, full throttle, half throttle, crawl it all worked fine
and nothing got hot. Wired in the PTO and poof! up in smoke. What could
be wrong? I have wire 2 from the PTO contactor going to the main
disconnect, wire 3 & 20 from the PTO contactor going to the plug, wire 24
from the plug down to battery negative at the shunt. Just like the
diagram provided with the alltrax and blueprint from Bill Gunn. So
assuming that I did wire it correctly (pretty big assumption and I'll
check it again tomorrow when I'm on the farm again) could there be
something wrong with one of mower's motors?? shorted out or something????
Before I started this conversion this machine did weld the fwd/rev relay
contacts frequently. so frequently that I put in an inline fuse to
protect it. I was hoping to find something to explain that while removing
the old wiring and circut card but never did.
The previous owner I think had the mower motors rebuilt. Should I take
them in to a shop and have them checked???
Any and all suggestions, comments (even wisecracks) would be gratefully
rec'd while I cry in my beer.... thanks....
_________
Jim Coate
1970's Elec-Trak
1992 Chevy S-10 BEV
1997 Chevy S-10 NGV
http://www.eeevee.com
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