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ibdennyak
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Hey Brian.....I remember your PM. I did use the system with the Honda, but the Juneau climate did the rig in. Water and electricity you know.
The hub motor got some moisture in it and froze, so when I hit the throttle, I toasted the controller. Always planned to get it going again, but never quite made it. At the moment, I have the hub motor installed in a new set of suspension forks to try using it to charge the batteries for the lights. That isn't finished yet either.
I was using a permanent magnet motor as a generator. Automotive alternators are too large and inefficient to be practical with the low horsepower we are dealing with. Professor built a gas over electric recently, and came to about the same conclusion I believe.
Actually, the PM motor I was using is mounted in my drill press as we type. I was playing with it to find the number of rpm needed to get the needed 14 plus volts to charge the battery on my bike that I am currently running. 960 rpm (by the digital readout) gave me about 14.4 volts.....good enough to run off the jackshaft.......
Anyway, yeah, I'm always playing around with something, and I like the concept. Also, think I can build a practical system eventually. I will get back to it eventually too.....when....shrug, who knows. Silly things like funding, time, work, and survival keep getting in the way. One thing I would like to get into is fuel cells to generate power. Collected a fair amount of info, but nothing that is easily available to the general public has come up yet.
Guess to summarize, I hope you aren't holding your breath. You might turn pretty blue by the time I get back to it, but yeah, it is still on my mind. Thanks for the interest by the way.
The hub motor got some moisture in it and froze, so when I hit the throttle, I toasted the controller. Always planned to get it going again, but never quite made it. At the moment, I have the hub motor installed in a new set of suspension forks to try using it to charge the batteries for the lights. That isn't finished yet either.
I was using a permanent magnet motor as a generator. Automotive alternators are too large and inefficient to be practical with the low horsepower we are dealing with. Professor built a gas over electric recently, and came to about the same conclusion I believe.
Actually, the PM motor I was using is mounted in my drill press as we type. I was playing with it to find the number of rpm needed to get the needed 14 plus volts to charge the battery on my bike that I am currently running. 960 rpm (by the digital readout) gave me about 14.4 volts.....good enough to run off the jackshaft.......
Anyway, yeah, I'm always playing around with something, and I like the concept. Also, think I can build a practical system eventually. I will get back to it eventually too.....when....shrug, who knows. Silly things like funding, time, work, and survival keep getting in the way. One thing I would like to get into is fuel cells to generate power. Collected a fair amount of info, but nothing that is easily available to the general public has come up yet.
Guess to summarize, I hope you aren't holding your breath. You might turn pretty blue by the time I get back to it, but yeah, it is still on my mind. Thanks for the interest by the way.
