Re: (ET) mower deck current draw

["MakingLightning" <MakingLightning comcast net>]

The reason is this. 
I am building what I call my electric lazyboy. I stripped down an electrak
and mounted a lazyboy chair on it. I relocated the steering forward so the
column comes up through the footrest. I have a control panel for it and if 
I
could just use something like a 100A dc breaker, I would not have to wire 
up
an additional $35 relay.
I will not be using the snowthrower. I don't really care how long it takes
the blades to slow down.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: David C Robie [mailto:mycroftxx1 juno com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:00 PM
To: MakingLightning comcast net; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) mower deck current draw


Sure you could.  But why?  Without the extra shorting contacts that are
on the GE contactor (which is a pretty much std DPDT type)  you would
have no 'instant stop'  of the deck blades,  and if you used a
snowblower, it would take an  *awful*  lot longer to come to a halt.  
This 'electric braking'  of  our accessories is a safety feature.  You
would not have that feature.  I would consider it unsafe especially with,
but not limited to, the snowblower.

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:59:59 -0400 "MakingLightning"
<MakingLightning comcast net> writes:
> I was wondering if I could just use a 100A dc circuit breaker as my 
> on/off
> for the deck?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David C Robie [mailto:mycroftxx1 juno com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:08 PM
> To: makinglightning comcast net
> Subject: Re: (ET) mower deck current draw
> 
> A big big contactor, not just a switch as it's not only got to 
> handle
> rated current, but overlod current in tall grass and weeds, and even
> 'stalled' current before it's own circuit breaker opens.  The blower 
> uses
> a 50A breaker but I'll bet current gows over 100A when she clogs 
> before
> the thermal opens up.
> 
> Dave
> Weymouth MA
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:55:50 +0000 makinglightning comcast net 
> writes:
> > If I were to put in just a switch, or use a breaker to control the 
> 
> > mower deck, what current rating should I use?
> > (assuming the most powerful mower deck Electrak used)
> > 
> > Kevin
> 
>