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Re: (ET) mower deck current draw
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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