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Re: (ET) Testing I5 motor

And that is one of the reasons WHY I get so insistent on having the numbers from the plate under the hood, (or in the case of an I-5, the plate atop the control cabinet.) when a help request is made. I figured I had a 50-50 chance of guessing correctly. <G> The wire insulation type has so far always been correct for identification. 

RJ

David Plamondon wrote:

I do have card 4.

> From: kc2dzb nycap rr com
> To: roberttroll hotmail com
> CC: rjkanary consolidated net
> Subject: Re: (ET) Testing I5 motor
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:14:14 -0400
>
> David, if I'm not mistaken, you have the older version of I-5, which has the > control card #4. If that's true, then your field wires are actually 62 and 
> 36. If your machine doesn't (or didn't) have the card #4, than use the
> numbers RJ provided.
>
> Nick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RJ Kanary" <rjkanary consolidated net>
> To: "David Plamondon" <roberttroll hotmail com>; "elec-trak cosmos"
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: (ET) Testing I5 motor
>
>
> > P-6 on your traction motor will have a groove in it
> > to allow it to mate correctly with J-6 on the tractor. Wire 29 is the one > > directly under the groove and Wire 11 is right next to that. THOSE are the 
> > field leads.
> >
> > RJ
> >
> > David Plamondon wrote:
> >>
> >> On my newly acquired I5 I would like to test the motor using the 12v
> >> "method". Can i just connect 12v to the armature, or do i need to also 
> >> connect 12v to the field?
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