Curtis PMC Troubleshooting
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SYMPTOMS GO TO
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Runsslowinbothdirectionsplushigharmatureandeldcurrentinboth
directions.NOTE:Armatureandeldcurrentshouldbeequal.
MOTOR
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Runsslowinbothdirectionsplushigharmaturecurrentinbothdirections.
NOTE:Fieldcurrentwillbeverylow.
SOLENOIDS
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Runsnormalinonedirectiononlyplusrunssloworlackspowerintheop-
positedirectionwithhigharmaturecurrentintheoppositedirectionor;
Acceleratesslowlyandexceedsnormalspeedintheoppositedirection
withhigharmaturecurrentonly.NOTE:Fieldcurrentwillbeverylowin
theoppositedirection.
SOLENOIDS
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Acceleratesslowlyandexceedsnormalspeedinbothdirectionsplushigh
armaturecurrent.NOTE:Fieldcurrentwillbeverylow.
SOLENOIDS
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Fullspeedonly.
PMC CONTROL
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Doesnotrunineitherdirectionplusthereisnoisefrommotor(humor
whine)withhigheldcurrentandlowarmaturecurrent.
PLUGGING DIODE
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Excessivesparkwhenconnectingbattery
ISO
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Doesnotrunorrunsveryslowwithlowmotorcurrentandhighbattery
current.
FREEWHEEL DIODE
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Jumpsintohighspeedwhendirectionisselectedafterdepressingtheac-
celeratorpedal.
HPD
SYMPTOM TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
Thissectionisspecictothesymptomslistedbelow.Eachtroubleshootingsequenceassumes
thatalllistedsymptomsarepresent.Donotusethissectionunlessthetruckhasalllisted
symptoms.
Special Troubleshooting
Table of Contents
PMC CONTROL ...................................................................22
PLUGGING DIODE .............................................................25
FREEWHEEL DIODE ..........................................................26
ISO 27
SOLENOIDS .........................................................................29
MOTOR .................................................................................32