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badfishracing · 09-02-2013, 10:21 PM

Thanks for the reply. I assembled the controller as an entire kit. About 3 years ago I guess? I suppose it was just a combination of things that led to an arc across the + and -. I can't say that any component is damaged.

This is in a pulling garden tractor. The track that we were at over the weekend was the same track that destroyed my transmission last year. Over the winter I did a full rebuild (had an excuse to, so I went for it), and went to a single speed transaxle. Still working the bugs out of the new setup. Really wanted to see what it would to at 168V and about 450 battery amp limit. Hopefully about 50hp. The big dogs in our club run about 70hp.

So with one last weekend on the season, I'm itching to get it out for a couple more hooks.

09-02-2013, 10:21 PM	#6224 (permalink)
badfishracing EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 18 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Thanks for the reply. I assembled the controller as an entire kit. About 3 years ago I guess? I suppose it was just a combination of things that led to an arc across the + and -. I can't say that any component is damaged. This is in a pulling garden tractor. The track that we were at over the weekend was the same track that destroyed my transmission last year. Over the winter I did a full rebuild (had an excuse to, so I went for it), and went to a single speed transaxle. Still working the bugs out of the new setup. Really wanted to see what it would to at 168V and about 450 battery amp limit. Hopefully about 50hp. The big dogs in our club run about 70hp. So with one last weekend on the season, I'm itching to get it out for a couple more hooks.