Fw: (ET) Alltrax Controllers and speeds

["Ralph G Vogan" <ralphgv CenturyTel net>]

    I also used a relay on mine, but it gets it's power from the N.C.
contact of the Foot Throttle  (the one with nothing connected to it).  Now
the brake or seat switch will still stop the tractor, or tapping the
throttle will stop it.  The cruise control only works after you take your
foot off the pedal.  Set your cruise speed (if you want to change it), hold
the cruise button down, take your foot off the pedal, release the button,
your in cruise.

Ralph V
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john briese" <goodguyforsure hotmail com>
To: <mbahlke pcocd2 intel com>
Cc: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Alltrax Controllers and speeds


> Mine is setup on a relay, so that the brake pedal takes it out. I think
that
> another person on list even has the foot throttle take it out, but I
didn't
> go that route.  The brake switch works very well.
> John Briese
>
> >From: Mark Bahlke <mbahlke pcocd2 intel com>
> >To: john briese <goodguyforsure hotmail com>
> >Subject: Re: (ET) Alltrax Controllers and speeds
> >Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:11:47 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> >This all sounds good, but what comes to mind is, how do you "take your
foot
> >off"
> >quickly, if you have a pot, or some kind of hand control?  If you have 
> >to
> >stop
> >suddenly, remembering to reach for the hand control, and moving it in 
> >the
> >correct direction could take critical time.  Lifting your foot from a
> >throttle
> >is much more reflexive, and quick.
> >That would seem to me to be a strategic weakness of this approach (maybe
> >the
> >only one).
> >
> >Mark