Re: (ET) mower deck current draw

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

You seem to be making a version of the 'electric couch' - which was
featured in Current EVents (the EAA quarterly) several years back.  And
you will mow with it?  sounds interesting.  You could put up front, above
the deck, a small table with a remote control TV set on it and run it off
an inverter.  And it's gotta have a small beer cooler too.  Sounds like a
great parade vehicle.

Dave
Weymouth MA



On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:18:40 -0400 "MakingLightning"
<MakingLightning comcast net> writes:
> 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
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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