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

[Steve & Carol Welch <welches dejazzd com>]

It might also be that your contactor is getting a bit persnickety.   
Mine has been that way for the past year or two.  Sometimes if I shut  
it down after a period of mowing it won't want to re-engage.  A light  
tap from a solid object (screwdriver handle) will usually be enough  
to get it to click on.  I should just change it out but have been too  
lazy.



On Aug 14, 2009, at 5:26 PM, john rieffel 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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