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Old 11-26-2007, 12:08 PM   #231 (permalink)
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01-09-2007, 07:09 Pm

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Originally Posted by SW
1. Are the the coils of the contactor solenoids intended to operate at 36 - 48V?
Yes - they're out of the forklift. It only had 1 pack (no 12v), so everything was 36/48 rated.

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2. Are you connecting the 12V battery ground and the 36V battery grounds together? Or is only one connected to the body (I assume atleast the 12V gnd is or you'd have to rewire the rest of the car).
12v is grounded to the chassis; 36/48 is isolated (not grounded to chassis - that's what you call electrically isolated, right?)

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3. The controller looks as if it regulates only the negative connection to the motor.
That's right.

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If the negative side of the battery is always connected to ground (once the neg contactor is closed) and the positive is always connected to the motor (once the positive contactor is closed), then there is a risk of any short (e.g. dropping a wrench) between ground and the negative motor connections throwing the motor into full power (serious lurch).
But for that scenario to happen, someone would have to be pressing the go pedal (to close the pack +ve contactor) while I was dropping the wrench. Not too likely to be wrenching around under those circumstances.

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