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Subject: (ET) Re: Re: 36V Charger (Jim Coate)
From: WRENT IOUR <wrent77 yahoo com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:43:22 -0700 (PDT)
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Can you clue me in, How many amps does the stock charger provide?

Tom

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Today's Topics:

1. E12 motor wanted (Richard Zachary)
2. Harold Zimmerman (steve39 mindspring com)
3. RE: Need lifter motor. (Reo43 aol com)
4. (no subject) (tnlighthouse bellsouth net)
5. 36V Charger (WRENT IOUR)
6. Re: 36V Charger (Jim Coate)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:18:05 -0400
From: Richard Zachary
Subject: (ET) E12 motor wanted
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Hi Guys,
My E12 motor is burned out and needs to be rewound. I think it will be
less expensive to put in a used one than to pay to have it rewound.
Is anyone willing to sell and send me a working one at a reasonable cost?
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Richard "Zack" Zachary
Englewood, NJ 07631

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Anyone out there have an email address for Harold Zimmerman? Harold...you there? Need to get in touch with you for a part!

Steve S

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:33:06 EDT
From: Reo43 aol com
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:04:44 Chris Tromley wrote

>>>>
Just to make sure - do you have a GE Elec-Trak or an Avco New Idea? The ETs
do have an 18 V lift motor, but my New Idea (and all New Ideas?) has a 36 V
motor. Not sure about the Wheelhorse models. Your motor may have zorched
for a reason other than being over-volted.
<<<<<<<<<<<

Hi Chris,

How do you know that the lift motor on the New Idea is 36 volt? Is it marked
on the motor?

I have had a New Idea EGT 150 for about 10 years, and when I got it the lift
motor was connected to 18 volts. The only wiring diagram I have been able to
get for the New Idea shows the motor connected to 18 vols, as near as i can
tell (that diagram is a real mess to figure out).

About 4 years ago I had a chance to buy out all the GE tractors from a local
owner (several E14's, an E10, and lots of parts. Last summer I sold all the
GE's, but kept the New Idea, and I converted it to a front deck. I noticed then
that the New Idea lift mechanism was completely different from the GE's - a
much stronger looking unit, all around. I had to install a front "bumper" from a
GE to make the front deck work, and had to drill extra holes in it to mount
the New Idea lift motor and winch.

Can you tell me any more about the NI lift motor - is a replacement still
available? and was it only used on the NI, and not the later Wheel Horse?

By the way - RE: the discussion of side vs. rear discharge - my New Idea had
an underbelly deck with side discharge - with no baffles at all. I'm thinking
of removing the baffles from the GE deck I now have mounted in front, and
removing the plate over the side discharge opening.

Thanks,
Erv Troyer
Lagrange, IN
(Down to 1 New Idea tractor)

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:37:58 -0400
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We need to clear up a point.
ALL New Idea Lift motors are NOT 36 volts. You need to check if it has an
orange paint stripe/dot or not.
Front lift motor EGT 120 & EGT 150 with orange paint (bitter sweet) paint
dot = 18 volt, and are newer models.
Without orange paint is 36 volt and are older models.
Garry Freese EAST TN

At 10:33 PM 4/12/2005, Reo43 aol com wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:04:44 Chris Tromley wrote
>
> >>>>
>Just to make sure - do you have a GE Elec-Trak or an Avco New Idea? The ETs
>do have an 18 V lift motor, but my New Idea (and all New Ideas?) has a 36 V
>motor. Not sure about the Wheelhorse models. Your motor may have zorched
>for a reason other than being over-volted.
><<<<<<<<<<<
>
>Hi Chris,
>
>How do you know that the lift motor on the New Idea is 36 volt? Is it marked
>on the motor?
>
>I have had a New Idea EGT 150 for about 10 years, and when I got it the lift
>motor was connected to 18 volts. The only wiring diagram I have been able to
>get for the New Idea shows the motor connected to 18 vols, as near as i can
>tell (that diagram is a real mess to figure out).
>
>About 4 years ago I had a chance to buy out all the GE tractors from a local
>owner (several E14's, an E10, and lots of parts. Last summer I sold all the
>GE's, but kept the New Idea, and I converted it to a front deck. I noticed
>then
>that the New Idea lift mechanism was completely different from the GE's - a
>much stronger looking unit, all around. I had to install a front "bumper"
>from a
>GE to make the front deck work, and had to drill extra holes in it to mount
>the New Idea lift motor and winch.
>
>Can you tell me any more about the NI lift motor - is a replacement still
>available? and was it only used on the NI, and not the later Wheel Horse?
>
>By the way - RE: the discussion of side vs. rear discharge - my New Idea had
>an underbelly deck with side discharge - with no baffles at all. I'm thinking
>of removing the baffles from the GE deck I now have mounted in front, and
>removing the plate over the side discharge opening.
>
>Thanks,
>Erv Troyer
>Lagrange, IN
>(Down to 1 New Idea tractor)
>
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 02:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: WRENT IOUR
Subject: (ET) 36V Charger
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would this work? http://soneil.com/36V_chargers.htm

Tom

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:12:22 -0400
From: Jim Coate
Subject: Re: (ET) 36V Charger
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These are 1, 2, and 4 amp chargers and as such are too small for the
golf cart type batteries usually used in ETs.

- If you have used the ET fairly heavily, the batteries will need
100-150 A-hrs replaced, which would take 25-150 hours to complete the
bulk charge and then a few more hours to top off... ie DAYS until
completion.

- to get batteries of this size to "gas" for equalization, around 3 amps
is generally needed. So the 4 amp model is the only one big enough.

Or changing my mind a little, for those who don't use the ET very often
and/or for long run times, the 4 amp model may be big enough to be
useful. It does have the advantage of providing float charge
capabilities (although not temperature compensated). The 1- and 2- amp
version are just too small to be useful.

WRENT IOUR wrote:
> would this work? http://soneil.com/36V_chargers.htm
>

--
Jim Coate
1970's Elec-Trak's
1998 Chevy S-10 NiMH BEV
1997 Chevy S-10 NGV Bi-Fuel
http://www.eeevee.com

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