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In the end I have fitted two diodes in between each battery pack as per the diagram. Also with a battery gauge meter to keep an eye on voltages. After testing for continuity and testing with batteries all seems ok and it powers up correctly. However now when I plug just one battery onto one...

Thanks for the info I was trying to avoid opening up the battery pack and tampering with it insides. So to prevent one battery pack from switching off I was going to fit a battery voltmeter and monitor the voltage and recharge when it reads low. Would this be ok or is the diode really needed...

I have a 36v electric scooter/board being powered with two 18v makita 6ah tool batteries. (Wired in series to make 36v) I know these individual batteries have a built in bms safety feature which will cut the power from the tool if the battery is running low on power or getting flat. But as I...

thanks but I am sticking to the bigger brushed motors as I already have the controller and batteries. The Makita batteries will be 10s as I believe they are 5s in each 18v pack. I just wanted to know if a 24v 250w motor overvolted running at 36v would use more or less battery capacity than...

I am currently building a 36v off road electric mountainboard which I plan to run on 2x makita 18v 6ah tool battery packs in series (36v) I have an old 24v 250w (i think) motor and a 4QD Uni8 36v 80amp speed control (115amp max) which I used before and seemed to work ok in another project. I...

what i meant was: how do i wire an rc receiver to a scooter controller as an electric scooter controller like this (copy paste link) doesn't have specific receiver inputs(plug/wires)...

yeah thats where i got the idea for the wii remote would like to do that ideally. I have already built a petrol 43cc 3 wheel longboard which works very well, single 4'' wheel at the back and longboard trucks and wheels up front. I wanted to make an electric version to match. the advantage with...

yeah i did alot of reading on brushless rc stuff but seems alot easier for me to use the bigger 800w motor which comes with the correct drive cog attatched and no need to be messing around with gearboxes ect.Motor and controller is not a problem i just want to make the controller wireless.

ok a few questions: I am building an electric skateboard which will have a 800w brushed motor and will be 36v (3x 12v 7ah sla batterys) I want to use an rc car transmitter for the throttle control as it would be wireless. Will this be possible? Will i need to wire in some sort of resistor to...