Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2008/8/14 23:03:07

HH56

i disconnected the solenoids from the poles on the electric motor. then i hooked up positive to the frame and then negative to one of the poles comming out the side of the electric motor. nothing happened, so i connected negative to the other pole comming out of the electric motor, and again nothing happened.

probably a stupid thing to do, but i connected positive to one pole on the electric motor and negative to the other and the motor tried to move. the copper coil piece inside the magnetic field moved towards the front of the car and tried to turn, but it starting getting hot on the wires and there was some smoke, so i quite. i can turn the copper coiled piece by hand through the inspection plate opening, so i don't know what is going on.

i thought maybe i didn't have a good frame connection, so i wire brushed everything and still nothing would work.

what am i doing wrong. if it will turn by hand, why not 12v


thanks,

Hank