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Re: (ET) Controller current capacity (was Elec-trak Digest, Vol 10, Issue 201)



All this talk of controllers reminds me that I have a 1204X-4407 controller (data sheet and manual here: http://curtisinstruments.com/?fuseaction=cProducts.dspProductCategory&catID=11
I connected it to 36V through a 250 ohm resistor and the B+ and B- came up as advertised. I haven't done anything else. And I'm not likely to use it, so the first $125 gets it, shipping in the US included. And I'll give it a 2 month warranty in case there is something wrong with it. I believe it came out of a forklift that was scrapped.

Harry Landis

> From: etpost drmm net
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:24:36 -0500
> Subject: (ET) Controller current capacity (was Elec-trak Digest, Vol 10, Issue 201)
>
> On 30 Dec 2012 at 10:09, Robert wrote:
>
> > What I will have to do is figure the maximum current just before the
> > breaker pops and add 50% to this to make the circuit durable.
>
> I'm no expert, but I'd say youi'll need at least that much and probably
> more. IIRC, when Alltrax was designing the ET controller, they started with
> a 200 amp (peak) current limit and after some testing increased it to 300
> amps.
>
> FWIW, most folks who design controllers have large piles of silicon that's
> given its life in the design process. It seems to involve a lot of loud
> bangs and, now and then, smoke and flames.
>
>
>
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