Re: (ET) contactor question

["Jerry Rhodes" <jerry38 alltel net>]

Thon, in trouble shooting work in a FULL circle .. start an 1 point an work 
your way thur the system back to that point .i.e. the battery ..pos termial 
to wire to switch to wire to relaty/sol to wire to neg termial ..etc..you 
know how the rest go's, Congra on working thur it...no apologies needed that 
is what this group is all about, thanks

Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tbamc" <tbamc gbta net>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) contactor question


> 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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