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Steve wrote:
> Ian Rawlings wrote:
>> On 2006-04-10, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, that one's got a 3-phase motor, you ain't gonna run that off a
>>> car battery....
>>
>> Whip the motor off and clamp the business end onto the power
>> take-off ;-)
> Out of interest, how fast does the PTO turn ? Never having had one,
> I'm not sure where they extract power from the gear train.
>
> Steve

It'll turn at mainshaft speed, ie engine RPM. My PTO is a rear PTO, the
length of the shaft means it should be driven at no more than 600 rpm.
Serious wobbles start at 1000 rpm. I use mine at medium tickover, though at
times when negotiating a creek crossing while spraying the revs do get up a
bit.

A centre PTO (ie no propshaft) or bottom PTO have no such limitation. My (no
longer owned) bottom hydraulic PTO used to do some serious revs at times
when self recovering.

Karen

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:08:52 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>camper van.

Ah. same here.

>I've read the discussions on the list in the past saying that i
>shouldnt legally have a siren, but i'm not planning on using it while
>driving on the road anyhow!

You can legally 'have' it, just can't legally 'use' it.
(Unless when challenged you can provide good cause etc).


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On or around Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:38:17 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:08:52 +0100, Tom Woods
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>camper van.
>
>Ah. same here.
>
>>I've read the discussions on the list in the past saying that i
>>shouldnt legally have a siren, but i'm not planning on using it while
>>driving on the road anyhow!
>
>You can legally 'have' it, just can't legally 'use' it.
>(Unless when challenged you can provide good cause etc).

bit like a radar detector then
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