Re: (ET) mulching

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Hey you trip those breakers too many times they will crap out.  DO NOT
short across those thermal breakers even to finish a job.  If you get
hung on a stick or a rock you will burn up the wiring harness to the
breakerless motor.
What I do when I lose a breaker;  Replace it with a non thermal std 25A
automotive breaker.  It still trips on hangups
as to heat, I feel my deck motors to judge their health (and sharpness of
blade).
Dave
Weymouth MA.

On Tue, 23 May 2006 15:03:27 -0400 steves <ssawtelle erols com> writes:
> The mulching blades also require more power because of their design 
> (all 
> that mulching doesn't come free). One of our members ran current 
> draw 
> tests (I sent him a current meter setup to do it) and I think he 
> posted 
> results - which I cannot find. I did find a post that said gator 
> blades 
> were too much load - kept tripping the thermal breaker - so maybe Iw 
> was 
> wrong about using mulching blades succesfully.
> 
> - SteveS
> 
> 
> 
> > Thanks. I did find one post on the gator blades 
> > 
> (http://www.elec-trak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95&highlight=gator 
> ), 
> > where it mentions the spacers needed and such. Since they're 
> heavier, it 
> > should drive the motors harder - hopefully they can handle it?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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