- Thu Nov 04, 2021 6:27 pm
#55948
I didn't realize that you were having a shop do the work. I thought you were doing everything. I'm actually surprised you found a shop to do anything to one of these scooters.
If you're not willing to learn this stuff and do it yourself it's probably better to stick with something off the shelf and doesn't require any programming. Why not just get another cheap controller but don't mess with the shunt ?
As for your question about the voltage and amp rating of the motor. Motors don't have anything inside of them that makes them a certain voltage or wattage. The voltage rating is mainly done for importing laws and other non important to us things. A 36v 400 watt motor could run at 100+ volts and 3000 watts.
Will it do that forever without getting hot and melting , no at some point it will get to hot and melt. But I have never smoked a motor and i run some very high power systems. I run a 16" 36volt 350watt hub motor at 126v 3700 watts and it barely gets warm. So don't get hung up on a motors rating, they really don't seem to mean very much.
If you're not willing to learn this stuff and do it yourself it's probably better to stick with something off the shelf and doesn't require any programming. Why not just get another cheap controller but don't mess with the shunt ?
As for your question about the voltage and amp rating of the motor. Motors don't have anything inside of them that makes them a certain voltage or wattage. The voltage rating is mainly done for importing laws and other non important to us things. A 36v 400 watt motor could run at 100+ volts and 3000 watts.
Will it do that forever without getting hot and melting , no at some point it will get to hot and melt. But I have never smoked a motor and i run some very high power systems. I run a 16" 36volt 350watt hub motor at 126v 3700 watts and it barely gets warm. So don't get hung up on a motors rating, they really don't seem to mean very much.