Re: (ET) Lift wiring

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 19 May 2024 at 13:24, Christopher Zach via Elec-trak wrote:

> Maybe they were small to help limit lift motor current?

That's fairly likely.  You might go to AWG 16.  I don't think that they 
need to be any larger. 

> Long ago I decided to heck with it and wired my lift straight to 36
> volts. 

I agree that 12 volts is too feeble, even though the motor ran on that for 
moving door windows in Corvettes.  Or was it Cadillacs?  Something GM.

My lift motor was happy for many years on 24 volts.  It raised the blade 
plenty fast.  In fact I wouldn't have wanted it to go any faster so I 
wouldn't have used 36 volts.  And decent bet that there was a reason that 
GE's engineers used 18 volts.  As always, YMMV.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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