Ken, do you have a multimeter? No, buy one for a few bucks, put it on resistance measurement and probe the 3 wires, If this is indeed a 5k pot then there will likely be 2 pairs of wires that read about 5k (for example blue-black and green-black) and between the two pairs (blue to green) it will likely read a low resistance. Now depress the throttle and read again. There will be one pair that is still 5k (for example blue-black) and one pair that has dropped in resistance (for example 1k from green-black) while the resistance between the pairs has increased (for example 4k between blue-green) The pair that is always 5k are the "ends" of the pot and represent the black and red from the controller. The wire that has changed resistance to both others is the wiper (white on the controller). Just connect it and if the throttle does not ramp the controller up but starts at max and ramps down, then you must swap the ends (black and red). Success!
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of ken via EV Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 6:50 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] 5 k pot wiring? controller wiring? mis match I have a very simple controller i'm using on my scooter. throttle cable it shows Blue, green, black _________ Controller manaual says Red White Black 5V 1-4.5V 0V SO WHICH GOES TO WHICH? Is the white the wiper? I thinks its 5 k pot? does the a hall affect show resitance across its leads. I'll have the back wheel off the ground for testing. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
