Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Re: [Electric Boats] Conversion kit

 

My understanding is that the "throttle" sets the rpm of the motor based on the voltage that is allowed through.  If the motor cannot meet that rpm due to excess resistance then it will draw max amps trying to get to the revs as set by the voltage.  If the motor is correctly sized then pushing the throttle all the way forward should not hurt the motor but still a gradual application is better to avoid even the slightest amp surge.  Not so slow a throttling up as a ICE but you can't just throw the switch to full power and survive if things are incorrectly configured.

I believe that the ME0913 provides about 50rpm per volt.  If one throws the whole 48v at it then it wants to spin the motor at 2400 rpm and if it can't reach that 2400 rpm then it will draw more amps until it burns itself out trying to get there.

Someone please correct me if I have this wrong.

I have seen it written in more than one place that one need not pay any attention to the speed of throttle application when using electrics and especially if one is trying to build ones own system this seems extremely bad advice.

(God, my spell checker just caught me typing "expecially".... someone just shoot me.

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