Speaking of Neo magnet motors... I should be done with my brushless outboard conversion very soon. I hope to test by labor day. Even though it's a 14 foot aluminum boat, I feel a need to name it. Maybe "Phase Three" or "Current Ripple" ? ;) Thanks to Rod for the motor. I should have pictures pretty soon.
Seth Rod Hower wrote: > > I have the same problem with my Currie scooter. Actually my kids > have the problem after driving for 20-30 minutes in the grass (I won't > allow the 8 year old on the road, even with a headgear). > My soluction? I'm installing one of our Neodynium rotor motors with > high current MOSFET's. It is a nice coincidence that our motors are a > drop in replacement for the Currie!. > Your option? stick a fan cooled heatsink on the side of the Currie motor > with good gap filler material to make up for the imperfections between > the heatsink and motor. > Rod > > Lawrence Rhodes wrote: > > Well I have over heated my Currie electric bike conversion 3 times and my > > wife also overheated it over the course of the 2 or 3 years that we have had > > it. It cost 600 bucks but seemed to work well on the flats. It however > > doesn't work well on hills which is the reason that we have it. It now > > after being heated up and gone into nowork mode to save itself from frying > > won't work at full speed anymore. Currie wouldn't give us a new motor when > > we first bought it saying they all do that. What can I do about fixing this > > motor so it will be a better hill performer. We have probably only put a > > few hundred miles on it in a couple or three years. It is fully enclosed > > with no venting. Mirror finish case. Lawrence Rhodes.... > > > > -- vze3v25q@verizondotnet
