Re: (ET) A few concerns

["Tim Humphrey" <hump evgrin com>]

Yeah, you have to push in on the disconnect while turning it, until it 
comes to a point where it doesn't pop back out
when your relieve the "pushing in" pressure.

I recall my first experience with one of these, I did as you say, turned 
it back and forth and it did nothing. I
thought it was bad so I took it out and was going to take it apart when I 
realized how it functioned. Really felt like
a dumbass. Pushed in while turning.....works fine.

Squealing definately sounds like a loose belt. Loosen all four nuts, slide 
the motor forward as far as possible
tighten up the back nuts first, then as you tighten the front nuts the 
pivot action of the motor swinging up will help
tighten the belts further.

After that, report back on how your hill climbing is, it may be another 
unrelated problem.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
> [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of steves
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:36 PM
> To: et
> Subject: Re: (ET) A few concerns
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> Squeling sounds like a loose belt. Also it helps to be in full armature
> current, no field weakening state (don't know the E16 speed controls - 
> so it
> may not apply).
>
> Sometimes the disconencts are hard to get set right. When it's on it 
> won't
> flop around. You need to play with pushing it in and turning one way and 
> the
> other 'till you find the step that holds it on. Charger will hum whether 
> its
> truly charging the batteries or not. Your Fuel meter should indicate the
> higher charging voltage if everything is right.
>
> - SteveS
>
>
> Arnold Sabatelli wrote:
>> I've had my "new" e-16 out mowing a few times now, and I've noticed
>> that when going up hill, it really dogs out and makes a squealing
>> noise (could this just be a loose belt?)  On a steeper hill, though
>> nothing terribly steep, it just stops altogether.
>>
>> I'm also tinkering with the e-15, but having a hard time determining
>> if the power disconnect is On/off.  It just sort of flaps around,
>> without a discernible difference in positioning.  How might I check if
>> it's in the proper position to charge.  (When I've tried to charge,
>> it's not taking on any juice at all (though the charger mechanism is
> humming).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> --
>> Arnie Sabatelli
>>
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