Hey guys, I'm not the smartest guy around but me and a buddy are building a drifting wheelchair. I'm stuck because another friend sold me a new winch motor cheap. Winch controllers are expensive af for some reason.
It's a 12v 1.5hp motor. Not sure what the 3 connection on it are for. Forward/reverse or grounding wire maybe?
The problem here is that the vast majority of consumer level contollers are all 24v, 36v, 48v, etc.
I figured 750 watts per hp making it roughly 1,125 watts at 12v and 92 amps.
So basically I need a 12 volt brushed dc motor controller capable of 100 amps.
Alternatively if this is going to be a $300+ control box I'll just wire it up to a big relay and a push button somehow. And if it catches fire oh well. $300 can buy a pair of 750 watt 24v geared bicyle motors. Not sure on the exact gearing on either but the 3 pairs of wheelchair motors I have are 24v 240 watt. Don't know if the bike motor is brushed or not either.
Should i just get a different motor or two different motors and save this 12v motor instead?
Would it be possible to run 2 seperate motor controllers and motors and use 1 throttle?
Sorry. Sat down to type and busy at work now but wanted to post so i can shop tonight. I wrote the post in sections between work and lost track of wtf i was saying.
It's a 12v 1.5hp motor. Not sure what the 3 connection on it are for. Forward/reverse or grounding wire maybe?
The problem here is that the vast majority of consumer level contollers are all 24v, 36v, 48v, etc.
I figured 750 watts per hp making it roughly 1,125 watts at 12v and 92 amps.
So basically I need a 12 volt brushed dc motor controller capable of 100 amps.
Alternatively if this is going to be a $300+ control box I'll just wire it up to a big relay and a push button somehow. And if it catches fire oh well. $300 can buy a pair of 750 watt 24v geared bicyle motors. Not sure on the exact gearing on either but the 3 pairs of wheelchair motors I have are 24v 240 watt. Don't know if the bike motor is brushed or not either.
Should i just get a different motor or two different motors and save this 12v motor instead?
Would it be possible to run 2 seperate motor controllers and motors and use 1 throttle?
Sorry. Sat down to type and busy at work now but wanted to post so i can shop tonight. I wrote the post in sections between work and lost track of wtf i was saying.