Re: (ET) contactor question

[tbamc <tbamc gbta net>]

Jerry,

I know it's too late but DON'T GO!!!!  

I'm an idiot.  Thinking the contactor was bad, I took it completely out 
and retested it.  Worked just like a DPDT should.  Long story short, 
finally realized the neg. wire was missing  the connector in the front 
of the mower  that needs replaced after removing the charging cord.   
Safety feature  I suppose.   In my (minimal) defense, I received this 
mower broken and had never used it.

So my abject apologies.  My hope is I've learned at  least a couple of 
things from all your replies/help.  :-)

Thanks.

Thon

Jerry Rhodes wrote:

> Well you call NAPA an tell they to get oof their asses an look up this 
> no# 7-01857  in the SME section an they cost  $18.69 should have it in 
> 2 days.. it's a 24v sol relay cont. duty  normally open, 2 large 
> termials an 2 small termials, go for it
>
> Jerry NW Ohio
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "tbamc" <tbamc gbta net>
> To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: (ET) contactor question
>
>
> > Well, I called NAPA and not surprisingly they didn't have a clue.  I can
> > go in and maybe look at their book, but do you know if these will be
> > studs as opposed to push on terminals?  Any idea of a ballpark price
> > I'll be looking at?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Thon
> >
> > Jerry Rhodes wrote:
> >
> > > Thon, the voltage may work but not right, it will not slam the relay
> > > in to make good contact, the contacts can ack across an then they weld
> > > together, not good. Best to find a 24v relay, NAPA has the starter
> > > relays in 12/24/36/48v so they should have one you need or have it in
> > > a couple days, good luck
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "tbamc" <tbamc gbta net>
> > > To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:52 AM
> > > Subject: (ET) contactor question
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks for all the replies.  Sounds like the contactor is a DPDT which
> > > > *should* open the top two contacts with the mower on, but doesn't.
> > > >
> > > > I also now realize that a 36v relay probably wouldn't work in this 24v
> > > > situation because the cut in V would be too high?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again.
> > > >
> > > > Thon
> > > >
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