Comment by Dave

January 7, 2006 @ 8:43 am

I dig the conversion! I have dreampt of doing this for years. I found you a few weeks ago and I will keep watching. Thanks for doing an publishing this.

Dave.

Comment by Jim Husted / Hi-Torque Electric

January 7, 2006 @ 9:21 am

Hey Chris

Thought I’d bip over and see what you had cooking. I see the beast has arrived, how exciting (did I miss a recieved post?). You almost have a motor that needs a car designed around it, lol. If you get around to ever pulling the CE band snap a pic or two for me of the comm and brushes. You are a true pillar of the EV community and I wanted to take this opportunity to verbilize that to you here. Best of luck finishing up. Dont let that motor sit to long now.
Cya
Jim Husted
Hi-Torque Electric

Comment by Jim Husted / Hi-Torque Electric

January 7, 2006 @ 9:24 am

Hey Chris

Just happened to look again at the pics. I noticed you have a 5 studded motor. can’t make out the terminal numbers. Do you have a two speed motor or are one of those terminals for a sensor or such
Cya
Jim Husted
Hi-Torque Electric

Comment by Chris Robison

January 8, 2006 @ 9:40 am

Hey Jim, thanks for stopping by! There are six terminals on the side of the motor; you’ll notice A1 and A2 on the commutator end, and S1 - S4 on the drive end for the split field. S1-S2 make one field coil, S3-S4 make the other. In the “first test” pictures, I wired them in series and put 12V through the whole thing. I’m about to leave a post on that subject, and the heater.

Comment by Chris Robison

January 8, 2006 @ 9:45 am

Dave,

Thanks for your comments! I hope that this website inspires at least one poor schmuck — eh, I mean intrepid car-hacker, to do an EV conversion. Mine is pretty unusual though, it’s a heck of a lot easier to start smaller than this. I’m only going this far out on a limb because I’ve assisted with three conversions already, and so I’m familiar with a lot of the basic stuff.