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The later model tractors with their simplified electronics are the way to go if you don't want to go all the way to a modern controller. My EGT-150 is just rock solid. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE device ------ Original message------ From: David Roden Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2019 5:54 PM Cc: Subject:Re: (ET) Clicking contactor and blown Controls fuse - Early model E15 The ET factory controller design is relatively straightforward and easy for relative amateurs to work on. However, it's not especially efficient, it's definitely obsolete, and it's prone to various failures. I had more trouble with the reverse relay than anything else on my E15. The final straw for me was the snowstorm where I was plowing the driveway with the hood open and the panel unscrewed so I could push on the reverse relay to make the tractor back up. Adding a modern solid-state controller markedly improves the tractor's manners and reliability.The downsides of controller conversion are 1. You gotta pick (relatively) cheap or (relatively) easy. You can't have both.2. Unless you're a well trained up-to-date electronic engineer, the controller becomes an unfixable black box to be sent out for service or replaced if/when it fails. Fortunately, that normally doesn't happen very often.David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to the "etpost" address will not reach me. To send me a private message, please use the address shown at the bottomof this page : http://www.evdl.org/help/= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =_______________________________________________Elec-trak mailing listElec-trak cosmos phy.tufts.eduhttps://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak |