Actually the PMG has slots on the brush side that allow shooting the laser right at the end 15% of the coils, so yes I might not be reading the inner coil, I sure am reading inner temps to some degree (pun intended).
Bottomline is if I force a steady stream of air across the motor it will wick out a significant amount of heat and the air flow into the front of the fairing towards the back will wisk the hot air away from the bike internals. Future Plan: Temp sensor to turn off the fans when case temp goes below safe level. For now the fans will come on when the ignition key is turned on. Waiting on fans... man-o-man this is fun!! Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Johnathan Vail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jul 18, 2007 10:26 AM >To: ElectricMotorcycles <listserv@electricmotorcycles.net> >Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie > > >On Wed, July 18, 2007 9:54 am, Mike wrote: >>>Did you mean 160F or C? I have read the latest temps after pushing >>>the PMG pretty heavily (200 down to >> >> Fahrenheit is what I'm pretty sure the thermo was set on but now >> you've got me wondering. Surely the solder that holds it all >> together can't melt at 160F? >> >> >>> 100 amps for some 20 seconds or so) and read 212F. I think the temp >>>sensor is a good idea, have one of the mini-eight fan assemblies on >>>the way. Found this pie-plate-looking thing at home depot that will >>>attach to the brush side of the motor and force cool air into the >>>motor and out of the shaft side of the > > >Either will be dangerously hot. You were measuring the outside casting >though and the heat is generated in the coils which I expect got quite a >bit hotter at least for a short time. > > >jv <- Hells Amperes Motorcycle Club > > >-- >Blog: http://volcano.newts.org > >
