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06-23-2010, 12:55 AM | #21 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Wisconsin
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Re: Marathon resistor cart conversion
buckmanmike, Thanks for clearing that up for me, I will be sending my motor to get done by emp, 700 amp WOW I was thinking 500 amp with the future upgrade to 48 volt and thought that would be a lot. I would be doing wheelies up hills if I had your controller @ 72 volt in my cart. I melted the Solenoid yesterday (hills are to much for that cheep tin can with copper contacts, so I put in a Albright sw 200 contactor I use at work 36-48 volt. Just pricing out controllers and the rest of parts now. I had an idea to get rid of the fwd/rev switch and use a directional contactor that we use on forklifts so I can just hit a switch rather than turn the lever. Has anyone tried something like that? I know I see the double heavy duty style solenoid in the older Cushman and Taylor duns. what is the best place to go for hd fwr/rev parts, if I stay with the original style directional control? I will be upgrading the motor wires to 2ga when I pull the motor. I am not opposed to 48 volt I wish I would have bought 8 volt batteries but what is done is done. I am thinking the 2 batteries behind the rear wheels and the box I am mounting on back will be to heavy coming up hills. and I thought that spot would be a great space for the cold beverage cooler under the dump box
Thanks to all for the help Greg |
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06-24-2010, 12:40 AM | #22 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central Florida
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Re: Marathon resistor cart conversion
Zog, this is the setup I use for eliminating the F&R lever. The 2 solenoids at the bottom are WR HD 48 volt 6 pole solenoids to allow for shifting gears. The controller is a 700 Amp GE set up for 48 volts, and the top solenoid is of course the main contactor (also a 48 volt WR HD):
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06-24-2010, 01:23 AM | #23 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Snellville, Ga.
Posts: 1,304
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Re: Marathon resistor cart conversion
Zog, the EMP 2 speed motor will never draw 700 amps, in my opinion. A 4-500 amp controller should be plenty. I overamped I guess you could say. But if I upgrade further...........
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10-24-2019, 12:21 PM | #24 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Dallas/Ft Worth Texas
Posts: 38
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Re: Marathon resistor cart conversion
RabbitRon,
Could you send more pics or part list for that setup to eliminate the F/R lever. I am interested in that. Kinda cool idea. |
10-27-2019, 01:28 PM | #25 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Newport, Mi
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Re: Marathon resistor cart conversion
This post is 9 years old. I think I have read that R/R isn't on here anymore. And I'm pretty sure that this was before the vendors started selling reversing contactors to do the same thing.
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