cbr shadow said:
Great info! Just a couple questions:
1) Is the main advantage of getting a phaserunner controller that it's smaller in size and has technology to make the motor quieter?
2) Does the 1500W motor you mentioned above (LeafBike) come available without the controller? I see the "kit" without battery is about $385 which seems super reasonable.
Thanks!
The advantages of the phaserunner are that it's small, has a wide operating voltage range (flexible so that you can run different voltages, or upgrade), uses FOC so efficient through the rpm range, proportional regen, and field weakening (it does more, but these are the feature I would want it for). It can also run sensorless.
My understanding is that the leaf motor is great, but the kits (i.e. controller) isn't the best, and support is so-so. This is based on the posts here on ES. I recall when I was thinking of getting one, the shipping was pretty high.
If you get the leafbike motor with a temp probe, the phaserunner has thermal rollback to cut power to the motor to keep it from overheating too.