Recent content by AmpEater

52 Ford F-1. At various points it's had a direct-drive warp 11, 11/AC-51 AC/DC combo, and now it's just the AC-51 with a 5-speed. Working on modular battery setup it will share with all other vehicles and solar house. Tesla 85. Great, but too expensive. I think I'm going to sell it and go...

I second just re-using the stator. It's already mounted, it fits the space, and it's not a whole lot different than a brushless motor. They make permanent magnet upgrades for them. You'll want to do that. Then you'll need to rewind it for your chosen voltage. Next comes a 3-phase speed...

Every tool/vehicle I own has been converted over to electric operation. I don't need to explain to you guys why, the smooth silent power of an electric motor speaks for itself. I have a zero turn mower with twin motors (one cut, one drive), a vintage wheelhorse garden tractor, a small...

I'd still like to pick up several of these for electric mower applications. I could use 4+, 3 for upgrading the deck on my electric john deere and at least 1 for my autonomous solar mower bot.

You're going to want something like one of these: http://genasun.com/gvb.shtml Although a lipo/rc charger would be another option, I've run those straight off solar panels before, but if you want decent efficiency you'll need to set the minimum input voltage on the charger to be the same as the...

You could use a boost DC-DC converter to charge straight off the panel: http://genasun.com/gvb.shtml I use the 48v pba version to charge a 14s lipo pack off a 230w panel in my garden

I'd be interested in picking up a few of these for electric mower projects. I've been contemplating replacing the belt drive on my electric john deer with individual blade motors, these look perfect. 7/8" universal hubs for the blades are easy to find. And I've got a push mower with a dead...

http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/bitcoins-the-taxless-currency/07182011-7115 TurboTax seems to be endorsing bitcoins as a legal means of tax avoidance.

Bitcoin is an idea whose time has come. It's just fiat money minus paper, with a cryptographic guarantee that they wont be "printed" like crazy or counterfeit by malicious entities. The bitcoin network is already easially the most powerful distributed computer in existence at ~12,000 gigahash...

Price for battery enclosure? Any reason it couldn't be 88.8v/12.5ah? Very slick looking.

Wow, sounds like my town word for word. Take the motor off and ride the crap out of that thing! That's probably the only reason my trike hasn't been shut down, for the first 2weeks I pedaled that thing 40 miles a day, making sure to put on a show for as many cops as possible. Don't concede

You, sir, are obviously a man of wisdom :D Thanks for letting me vent guys, I don't normally resort to that :evil: I don't think it will be resolved until he receives the hub, and because it's UPS ground /roads shut down due to Mondays ice storm :( it could be a week, or at least another...

I want you guys to read a direct quote. "Expecting someone to respond within ten minutes via email is rediculous. They can bounce arround in the system for days. Also, the reciever may not even be near their machine for any length of time." This is written by the person who currently has my...

The reality of the situation is that I've been ripped off through this exact same situation, like, word for word play by play, so I want it public, if even just to shame paypal in a google searchable way. You people have obviously never been messed with through paypal Youre right, I should...