I have recovered the seat with new foam and vinyl. The seat switch is not yet working though.
I got a volt meter and amp meter+shunt from ebay (China). Blue LEDs mean it will work in the cold when LCD freezes up.
Still using a single borrowed battery I've been using the tractor already. Here I have about 550 lbs of brick in the trailer. That sure saved my back!
Here are the new batteries. I bought them at Batteries Plus. Werker brand. I had designed for a 50 amp load, running for an hour. I wanted about 50% DOD. I was looking for at least 120 minute reserve capacity. I ended up getting 160 RC batteries. They are much larger than I need, so they should last quite some time! I plan to build an enclosure around the batteries and motor eventually.
This is the control panel. The original key switch turns on the system (and meters). The red button and switch control the PTO contactor. Flip the switch to on and then press the button to start. Flipping the switch to off, turning the key to off, or breaking the seat switch will all turn off the PTO.
I have recovered the seat with new foam and vinyl. The seat switch is not yet working though.
I got a volt meter and amp meter+shunt from ebay (China). Blue LEDs mean it will work in the cold when LCD freezes up.
Still using a single borrowed battery I've been using the tractor already. Here I have about 550 lbs of brick in the trailer. That sure saved my back!
Here are the new batteries. I bought them at Batteries Plus. Werker brand. I had designed for a 50 amp load, running for an hour. I wanted about 50% DOD. I was looking for at least 120 minute reserve capacity. I ended up getting 160 RC batteries. They are much larger than I need, so they should last quite some time! I plan to build an enclosure around the batteries and motor eventually.
This is the control panel. The original key switch turns on the system (and meters). The red button and switch control the PTO contactor. Flip the switch to on and then press the button to start. Flipping the switch to off, turning the key to off, or breaking the seat switch will all turn off the PTO.
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