Re: (ET) tiller

[Christopher Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

Neil Dennis wrote:
> Out tilling the garden, pretty hard stuff that hasn't been touched since 
> last fall.  Just wondering, the tiller seems to be pulling a lot of 
> amps, any thoughts as if something may be looked at or is it just the 
> nature of the beast.  The batts are pretty old so their capacity is 
> down, I just replaced one that had a shorted cell with a used golf cart 
> batt.  They all read within a few hundreds of a volt tho.

Yep, it pulls a lot of amps. Around 120-150 on mine when it's chewing 
into the soil. Make sure you don't have crud wrapped around the tines, 
note that it will wrap into the gearbox if you don't get it out.

But isn't it great?

Chris