Re: (ET) PTO power and switch (mower won't turn on after a while)

[Tim Humphrey <hump evgrin com>]

Why are you turning the PTO off at the end of a row? If it is to save
energy then don't. It won't. These motors take more energy to spin up
than to continue running (at least for the amount of time it will take
to make the turn).


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:26 PM, john rieffel<rieffelj union edu> wrote:
> Hy Trakkers,
>
> At around 30 minutes of mowing, my E15 starts behaving a bit odd:
> after getting to the end of a row, I usually turn the PTO off while I
> make the turn, and then flip it on again to start the next row.
> After awhile however, the PTO doesn't turn on until I've lowered the
> throttle into a lower gear or stopped all together.  Once the deck
> starts up again, I can throttle back up into high gear with impunity.
>
> Today, at the end of my mowing, I couldn't even get the PTO to turn on
> at all, after a few minutes of waiting.  I'm assuming (and hoping)
> that if I charge overnight it'll return to "normal" by the morning, as
> it has in the past.
>
> There's a reference to a "thermal fuse" in the tips and tricks web
> page, but I couldn't find mention of it in my homeowner's service
> manual.
>
> Any advice?
>
> regards,
> jr
>
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