Re: (ET) I'm an idiot

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

AHA !

Good luck with that 'issue of blood' problem.

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Michael S Briggs
<msbriggs alberti unh edu> writes:
> 
> Just an update on the mower motor issue - I got it working earlier 
> today 
> (before the tractor shut down completely), such that all motors were 
> 
> cutting nicely. The problem was.... motor was connected the wrong 
> way, and 
> spinning backwards. Yes, two people suggested that might be the 
> problem, 
> and yes, I said I had already checked it, and that wasn't it. The 
> very 
> first thing I checked was to see if they were all spinning the same 
> way, 
> and I *thought* they were. Apparently I'm not very good at looking 
> at 
> blades and telling whether they're spinning clockwise or 
> counterclockwise.
>       I decided to check again today, and found that yup, in fact 
> it was 
> spinning backwards. I had reversed the wiring when putting 
> everything back 
> together. So, I switched it, and it worked fine.
>       At least until the tractor stopped working entirely (see my 
> last 
> three emails). So, once I figure out what the problem is now, it 
> will be 
> cutting nicely. :)
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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