Work on the electric tractor is progressing. I’ve found several places where there were corroded connections. This is bad is a high current application as it raises resistance, which produces heat, which raises the resistance even more, which creates more heat until something blows (hopefully the breaker). I had the mower running for just a few minutes and I have to say Wow is it quite. However the PTO contactor has some problems (metal melted away so I’ll have to wait for a new one to come in before I can really mow.
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