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Re: (ET) Lift wiring



I run my lift motor from a 30A 12V step down converter.  I used relays and short runs of 10AWG wire for the 12V.  It has been working fine for the mower.  It is much better going down, as it doesn't run at crazy high speed like it does on higher voltage.  I haven't tried a snow blower though.

Dave


On 5/19/2024 2:30 PM, David Roden wrote:
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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