Re: (ET) Elec-trak Digest, Vol 10, Issue 201

[RJ Kanary <rjkanary consolidated net>]

       I really should look at the diagram before depending on a 58 
year old brain. I repent in sack cloth and ashes. I was less correct 
than usual. <VBG>
      Every thing else dying is a result of being a very large OPEN 
in the positive side of the control circuit, since it it tapped off at 
the armature circuitry.


RJ

On 12/30/2012 3:01 PM, The CZ Unit wrote:
> On 12/30/2012 10:17 AM, RJ Kanary wrote:
> >       The big Klixon® mounted on the traction motor has all the loads
> > with the exception of lighting and the lift in series with it. It 
> > kills
> > everything, not just the traction motor.Additionally the thermal 
> > limiter
> > in the field windings protects the motor only by opening the RTN
> > circuit.With that thought in mind,that Klixon's rating may not reflect
> > what the traction motor can safely draw.The E-20 tractor has a 125A
> > Klixon® the lesser tractors use a 100A model.
>
> Does it? I think the big accessory system is driven off the battery, 
> although the klixon controls power for the contactor coil.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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