Re: (ET) crap - started mowing, and lost forward speeds

["RJ Kanary" <rjkanary nauticom net>]

"(Mark Hanson calls them "Apollo Era") "


      And that technology made 11 half million plus mile round trips to the 
moon, and NEVER lost a life in transit. The Saturn V launch vehicle NEVER 
had an in service failure.
       Now, let's compare this to the post Apollo era space
vehicles...........


       Technological Luddite, and proud son of one of thousands involved in 
bringing that Great Adventure to fruition.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: (ET) crap - started mowing, and lost forward speeds


> On 24 Jul 2006 at 22:47, David C Robie wrote:
>
> > it's better than having a
> > 30 yr old relay go flooey when I'm blowing snow
>
> My reverse relay went flaky on a cold, snowy day, and I finished plowing
> with the hood removed and the relay panel down so I could push the relay
> down with my finger.  A few days later I ripped out the obsolete GE
> controller (Mark Hanson calls them "Apollo Era") and replaced it with an
> Alltrax PWM controller.  Ahhh, much better.
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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