Nick,The seat switch is actually disabled on mine. If I remember correctly, it was like that when I got it, and during the restoration I decided not to fix it, since it was helpful during the trouble-shooting to not have to be on the seat when trying things out. I'll double-check that switch though. If I remember correctly, there are two wires that go to that switch (which get connected when you sit), and they're just shorted together on mine. All the terminals are nice and clean, and the batteries are charged. They're these batteries:
http://www.batteriesplus.com/product/33332-SLIGC110-6V-Battery/574-SLI/6067-Golf-Cart-Batteries/133296-E--Z--GO/Clays-Car-(Electric)/2003-to-2013.aspxThe 6 batteries are holding steady at a little over 38 V, I think.
Something that may be related - while I was removing the old Trojans, I accidentally dropped my wrench and shorted between two of the batteries underneath the seat. Nice sparks and such. But - the front two batteries were already disconnected at that point, so there was no closed circuit through the tractor, so I wouldn't think the short would have done any damage to the tractor's electronics. I got a nice burn though. :)
Thanks again, Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Michael S. Briggs, PhD UNH Physics Department (603) 862-2828 --------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 21 May 2014, Nick Skinner wrote:
Make sure the battery terminals aren't interfering with your seat switch
operation. I had a friend's E15 show very similar symptoms where it seemed
like the seat switch was just on the edge of intermittent contact because
the new battery threaded posts were just a little too tall. These were
Crown
batteries in his tractor.
I'm assuming that you cleaned the terminals well and that the batteries
were
charged when you got them.
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael S Briggs [mailto:msbriggs unh edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:15 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) tractor no worky
I just replaced my batteries in my E15, since I was down to about 15-20
minutes of mowing time. With the new batteries, I pushed the speed lever
forward, and just got a bunch of clicking. I checked the forward/reverse
relay, and it looks like it's blown - so I replaced it with another (I have
lots of those onhand). Now, when I move the speed switch to the left to put
it in reverse, the new relay just makes a constant clicking - as if it's
rapidly switching back and forth or something. When I try to get the
tractor
to move (forward or reverse), I still just get that clicking, and no
motion.
Any ideas?
On a related note - is the Alltrax the only option for upgrading to
a PWM controller?
Thanks,
Mike