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Re: (ET) controllers
Huh, you're right. If I kept the tranny there'd be no need for speed
control at all. I guess I could just drop one of these in:
http://www.motenergy.com/me0907.html
Does a direct drive and a speed controller give you better battery
life, as opposed to a transmission/clutch and full-on motor? Seems
like it ought to.
--Charlie
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Christopher Zach
<cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> None of them. Think about it, how often do you use anything other than
> full
> power on a gas mower.
>
> It has a belt clutch, just mount a 36 volt e tek motor and a contractor
> controlled by the key switch.
>
> C
>
>
> Sent from my Droid thing
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Charlie" <medievalist gmail com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 4:37 pm
> Subject: (ET) controllers
> To: "Elec-Trak" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
>
> If I wanted to "roll my own" elec-trak on an existing Craftsman
> tractor frame with a Foote five-speed tranny, would one of these ebay
> controllers be a good choice?
>
> --Charlie
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Max Hall <mhall maxmatic com> wrote:
>
>> Note that sometimes you can find Curtis 36v Sep-Ex controllers on ebay
>> for
>> short money... I have one that I intend to put in another E15 whose
>> original
>> control system was badly damaged. Got it for $79 last year... looking
>> forward to trying it out.
>>
>> Oh, speaking of
>>
>> which: http://cgi.ebay.com/4-CURTIS-PMC-SepEX-DC-MOTOR-CONTROL-24-36-VOLTS-400-AMP-/110642253704?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c2cacf88
>>
>
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