Re: (ET) Circuit breaker in lift motor?

[John Jeno <jjjeno hotmail com>]

I've run the lift on 36v for 4 yrs. deck and snowblower. No problems. 
Strap was replaced 4 yrs ago. Pins are hair clip retained ones from 
tractor supply. Never bent one of those. 
Just my experience, yours may vary. 

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> On May 1, 2014, at 1:05 PM, "Charlie" <medievalist gmail com> wrote:
> 
> I have heard stories of 36 volt lifts snapping strap pins.   My lift
> has been wired at 12 volts for as long as I've owned the machine, and
> it has stretched hell out of the nylon strap anyway; it's a
> surprisingly burly little motor considering what it was originally
> intended for.
> 
> I don't suppose anybody knows what the rating is on the breaker?
> 
> --Charlie
> 
>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:54 PM, cz <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
>> On 36 volts though you will rip apart your snowblower.
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "RJ Kanary" <rjkanary consolidated net>
>> Date: Thu, May 1, 2014 1:44 pm
>> Subject: (ET) Circuit breaker in lift motor?
>> To: "Charlie" <medievalist gmail com>, "et" <Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts 
>> edu>
>> 
>>                If you should keep the lift stalled for five or ten 
>> seconds,
>> that fuse replacing circuit breaker will open. So far,none of that
>> miraculous Joseph Lucas smoke has been allowed to escape. :)
>> 
>> RJ
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/1/2014 1:33 PM, Charlie wrote:
>> 
>> Hey, thanks, guys.  I'll pull it apart this evening.  It makes no
>> sense to me to have a CB in there, I'd rather use a properly sized
>> dash fuse or breaker instead.
>> 
>> RJ, has that 25 amp fuse ever blown?
>> 
>> Chris, if I put the motor at 36 volts, won't that make it run faster?
>> I want the bloody thing to run SLOWER, not faster, since it has no
>> limit switches for some reason.
>> 
>> I suppose I should try to figure out how to put a limit switch on it,
>> so it'll stop when the mowing deck is all the way up.
>> 
>> --Charlie
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:05 PM, CZ Unit <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 4/30/2014 6:50 PM, Charlie wrote:
>> 
>>   I decided to fix the dead front lift on my I5 last Sunday and spent
>> a few hours with the schematic and a voltmeter.  It turns out that the
>> switches, wires and fuse are all good, but the motor (which has
>> nothing visibly wrong with it) doesn't spin at all, in either
>> direction.
>> 
>> It's also possible one of your brushes in the motor is gone. They can be
>> replaced, but are a bit more of a pain.
>> 
>> 
>> C
>> 
>> 
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