(ET) Oh yeah, serious ground fault

[Chris Zach <czach computer org>]

Okies. So I took the deck apart to find the source of half the ground 
fault on my E20. Didn't have to look far; when I took off the wire cover 
that runs along the length of the deck I found that the wire to the 
right motor was *cremated* along it's length.

To be honest, I have no clue how it stayed together. And it points out 
another design flaw on the Elec-Trak; the wires are not fused anywhere 
near their ratings. This is 10 gauge wire, and it's only protection is 
the 200amp main fuse links.

Ah well. I cut out the bad wire, re-wired with 10 gauge, and closed it 
up for now. Will have to go out and get some grommets to seal it all. 
However the tractor now runs totally normally.

Now for the fun part: There has to be a second ground fault on the 
tractor. In a main wire; it's got to be big enough to not have melted 
out under the current. I'll pull the resistor banks and start looking 
from there next weekend.

Chris