Re: (ET) ok, not the fusible link

[Michael S Briggs <msbriggs alberti unh edu>]

Ok, another update - after letting it sit for a few minutes, I was able to 
get reverse to work, so I could back it around into the garage - forward's 
a no-go. When I put it in forward, I get power use up to yellow, but 
nothing happening. It may have been in this same state earlier today, when 
I thought it was fixed, since the first time I tried using forward was 
when it cut out and everything stopped working (because of how I had 
pushed it into the garage last night, I just backed it up out of the 
garage and onto the yard to start mowing).
	I'm thinking this is the forward/reverse relay? Hopefully? Of 
course, how does it explain the issue of keeping the PTO from working? 
Whatever's going on, whenever I try going forward, there's a substantial 
current draw - and if I try going forward while the blades are engaged, it 
seems to act as if it's temporarily tripped a circuit breaker (perhaps. I 
checked CB-1 though, and it's not tripping that one), since then the 
blades stop working, and reverse stops working.
	I ordered a couple spare 36V relays a few days ago (suspecting 
the forward/reverse relay of being the culprit of the intermittent 
non-working problem), so one should be here shortly to try out soon.

Thanks, 
Mike
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Michael S. Briggs
UNH Physics Department
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