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Old 08-21-2020, 06:00 PM
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Default Re: Cockshutt 70 tractor (1935-48)

I knew, but i thought you'd find this before i got it all tested out and tried to get decent enough pics to answer your thread. Yep I just used a 3 pin, 2 pos switch. You've got it on my wiring.

Right leg to jst Charge +
Center leg to Battery +
Left leg to Esc +
Then i just spliced the Charge, Battery, and Esc negative wires together.

Since it's mounted on bottom of vehicle it follows the convention of Aft is On. If switch gets bumped on something while moving forward, it still runs. (Any other mounting orientation that's not on bottom, i would use 'Up' or F'orward' for ON.)

My layout is Esc switch by Nose wheel, aft is on (marked '1' / '0' )
Charge port is between switches, closer to charge switch
Charge switch is furthest aft. Aft is Run, and closer to Charge port to charge. (Marked 'R' / 'C' )

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Then i also learned that tfe2x heatshrink that i *WAS* going to insulate it with doesn't soften until hotter than the melt temp of wiring insulation, cell wraps, and glue holding cells in the battery pack i was building together. So it did the right thing and smoked off 2 cells. Great...
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Last edited by frizzen; 08-21-2020 at 06:07 PM. Reason: Boiling batteries
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