Re: (ET) Oops, I melted the connector

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

Yeah, I'm starting to agree on this one. The main contactor can handle 
the snowblower so it should be able to handle the much smaller blower. 
I'll get some 8 gauge welding cable and wire it up properly to the 
primary disconnect and reserve the anderson plug for smaller loads and 
the extra battery.

Chris


On 11/14/2019 8:58 AM, Tim Maxwell wrote:
> Actually the Anderson SB50 and PowerPole 75 series connectors (same 
> terminals different shells) are UL rated  to carry up to 120 amp (6 awg) 
> and hot plug 50 amp (250 cycles).
>
> A contactor is definitely needed. Personally, I consider any connector 
> under load an emergency disconnect, not a switch.
> I would run the negative terminal of the Anderson to battery pack 
> negative and the positive terminal to the tractor's PTO contactor (not 
> the dryer plug).
>
> Tim M
>
> On 11/13/2019 9:51 PM, David Roden wrote:
> > On 13 Nov 2019 at 21:16, Chris Zach wrote:
> >
> > > Um... no. The power drain was for the whole tractor. Deck, drive motor,
> > > and blower. Somehow I doubt it's pulling that much.
> > Ah, OK, that's not quite so bad.  But I suspect that you're still drawing
> > something in the 80-100 amp range through that 50 amp connector.
> >
> >
> > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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