Recent content by MattsAwesomeStuff

Just FYI... last year after the idiodic forum owners had their tech team misinterpret the context of google memo, and read the year wrong on it, they simultaneously upgraded every forum they own (hundreds, mostly automotive they'd been buying up over the years), and broke all of them. For months...

I've never thought to search by Opel there. The white one with the black stripe is Charlie's, he's the one who actually finished his that I was talking about. The other 3 look like they were mostly just wishes. Nothing that anyone ever did much more than tear down and buy a motor for. The...

Hmm... Sanyo NCR20700A That's not an endorsement of them, beggars and choosers and all that. But it's what Dewalt uses. They're power-optimized cells, not energy-optimized. Skills are minimal. You tear apart cases, yank the cells into chains, peel off the positive side with pliers, cut off...

Nope, that's Flloyd's. There were some actual electric Opel GTs, out of factory I think, back in the day. Hideous things with wheel covers, and lead acid batteries up to and including in the passenger seat. One guy 10 years ago converted an Opel. It's the only one I've heard of. And then I...

That's kind of you to say. Umm, story. TL;DR - It's been on a shelf for almost 2 years. Last I was working on it, the driveshaft fell out and it took me a while to figure out how it might go back together (springs, circlips that don't act as circlips, etc). I was also skeptical about how well...

I have one of these and I've been really happy with it: https://motorino.ca/motorino-xpd

Battery Bulk: My big goal was to get 60 miles (100km) worth of range at highway speeds. I need ~140-200 watt-hours to travel a mile at those speeds. I have these 4x5 battery holders, an 18650's average voltage through it's discharge curve is ~3.7, maybe 3.75v, cells are roughly 2000mah each...

Dafuq happened to your reply? Looks like it went down the garbage disposal and then the software tried to reassemble it back into a ham. :P

Controller Success!! I basically sat with my thumb up my butt for 3 weeks, figuring the controller was broken because it showed full voltage on the motor output without the keyswitch or the throttle even connected, indicating blown mosfets. And then I was bummed about my throttles all being...

Doing a little more research, I discover most e-bike throttles are not, in fact, potentiometers. They are instead, hall effect sensors based on a magnet, and some amplifier. So they output 0.8-3.8v or so. I'm not sure if this is compatible with my controller. The controller expects a 0-5,000...

I bet you have a 1206mx. X is for SepEx. It has a PDS ("Precision Drive System" aka "speed control and sensors"), mine doesn't. (Oh, duh, says there right on your diagram, "1206mx controller"). I linked the manual in my previous post, after it gives my diagram it gives the PDS diagram where your...

Aha. It's actually an "EZ-Go" 25864G09 golf cart controller, which is a Curtis 1206-4301 (which is not written anywhere on it, you just have to know that). And for future people who may come across this thread: http://products.jacobsen.com/img/manuals/28646.pdf <-- Manual for the golf cart...

I think I was unclear about that. The pump motor only charges the hydraulic system, which is only used when raising and lowering loads. And, it can easily more than keep up with full time use of such (I think for safety, if there's a slow leak, you better be able to keep the load lifted). This...

John - Just a headsup, you've got a lot of confidence relative to how well you understand things. You seem to know a few things very well which has misled you into thinking you know all things. I don't think I'll take your advice. Far from "being eveything", "proper" gearing doesn't matter a...

I think you mean 'fruitless', a planting effort that yields no food. 'Thankless' would be accomplishing a task that you receive no acknowledgement or recognition for. I'd be happy for the task to be thankless, as long as it beared fruit, but it doesn't even do that :p They'll be whatever...