<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>Right - no "speed" control needed but some kind of surge protection might help....I'm guessing, I'm not the electrician here.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Will Holcomb <bigvortex@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev@austinev.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:51:35 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ausev] Hoping for some answers<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>I was talking to my brother about converting the mower and he was talking about having a separate motor for the drive and blades. I need to look more at donor mower to see how it is currently set up and see what might work cheapest and quickest. I hadn't seen an example of one with separate motors yet. He said I could go with a smaller drive motor and the controller would be cheaper. The blade motor would not need a controller I guess. <BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> red scott <redscott77092@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev@austinev.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:34:51 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ausev] Hoping for so answers<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>The latest issue of Mother Earth News has a short news item about an elec mower from Hustler Turf in Hesston Kansas.</DIV>
<DIV>It's priced at $6500 but the description has some interesting design clues.</DIV>
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<DIV>It has a pair of DC motors driving the blades individually (42" twin-rotor cutting deck) and a pair of AC motors for the drive wheels. This increases reliability by eliminating a bunch of drive components, like pulleys, belts & PTO.</DIV>
<DIV>It says it has 4 lead-acid batts, but doesn't say how much volts. It also has a "battery minder will shut the deck off when the juice is low to leave enough energy to drive back to the shed for recharging."</DIV>
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<DIV>One might do the same with only one traction motor if the donor tractor has a differential. I like the idea of separate motors for the blades, as mine has a pulley & belt that's always snatching up twigs & stuff.</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Will Holcomb <bigvortex@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ausev@austinev.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, April 13, 2009 10:45:36 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [ausev] Hoping for so answers<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>I just joined this group in hopes of getting some answers. I want to convert a riding lawn mower to electric. It is throwing a rod and is too old to replace the engine cost effectively. I really don't want to sink the money into a new mower. So I thought converting this would be a good project. I did some web searches and was surprised there was not more information on doing this. I figured an EV group could point me in the right direction. If this isn't a good place to get this help can someone point me to a place that is?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Will<BR></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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