RE: (ET) Mowing heavy grass....

["Elie, Larry \(L.D.\)" <lelie ford com>]

Try 4 to 6' tall weeds in a rapsberry patch, mower up all the way of
course.  L is right.

Larry


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Zach [mailto:czach computer org] 
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:09 PM
To: Elie, Larry (L.D.)
Cc: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Mowing heavy grass....


Interesting; I have been cutting some pretty thick grass with the E20 as

of late (neighbor's median strip, very dense) and the E20 powers through

it. Then again I typically will mow at gear L, speed 4, slowing down to 
LL speed 6-8 when it gets really hairy.

Are you mowing in D? I've found that to be way too fast and resulting in

an "eh" level of cut. Also hard on the deck if you hit something.

Chris


Elie, Larry (L.D.) wrote:
> I'm too slow wise and too soon old.
> 
> I've run ET's for something like 10 years.  They aren't made for heavy

> grass; the motors shut down on the themal cutoff eventually, and 
> re-start in a few minutes.  But I was short one of the long screws, so

> had the cap off a motor.  When I mowed, I noticed the OTHER 2 MOTORS 
> shut down, but that one never did.  The bearings felt fine.  Oh.  I 
> pulled the other 2 caps off.  I mowed 1' plus grass for over an hour 
> and it never shut down.  The thermal switch is in a little oven, if 
> the cap is off, the themal switch stays cool.  No, I didn't damage a 
> motor; GE must have left some margin in, or perhaps the motor is just 
> disapating the heat better without the cap.
> 
> Larry Elie
> 
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