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If someone wants to work with one of my plastic mounts contact me via PM, I don't have the time right now to make the metal bits but could provide a limited number of the plastic parts. The biggest risk here is the current is bypassing the BMS, as I understand it. The tool normally communications wi...

The plastic component fits well, I haven't constructed the metal parts.

Every surface in the heat path adds thermal resistance to the heat path. As does thermal paste.

There were some problems with the ceramic caps, precipitated some major failures when methods did that a few years ago. Might be good to understand what went wrong there. Was discussed here on ES.

3D printers are fantastic tools. Best if you have an eye for design, minute detail and CAD. Designing for 3D printing requires understanding how the process interacts with the design and materials. Single printhead multicolor printers are not without their own problems. Best to start simple and buil...

Dual filament can be useful, is a bit more advanced and can be troublesome. They cost more and the second printhead reduces the print volume.

This owner's Tesla apparently massively accelerated while pulling into the garage, I don't know if it was in auto-pilot etc or not. But the acceleration was so massive that it seriously damaged the basic integrity of the battery/car-body. This reminds me of the Toyota "unintended acceleration" scar...

... 300 amps...I did say that's ideal. I'm not expecting to get 300 phase amps. Everything you said here, I said too. As long as we are talking TO220 FETs with 75 amp lead current limit, simple math says motor current should be safely limited to less than 150 amps, nothing close to 300 amps. 300 am...

Note that motor current (sometimes called phase current) also flows through the FETs, so suffers the same lead current limitation (300A motor current exceeds the lead current specs). Since motor current is always greater than or equal to battery current it is the primary limitation on current in the...

Is it the case that all recumbents handle poorly? Or just the ones Chalo has tested.

There is a lot going on here.

There are some excellent and very detailed threads on this topic on ES, look for postings by highhopes and zombiess among others to find them.

Recreational Vehicles are generally required to have living quarters. Lots of info on the web here, not shure why anyone would want to have their ebike tangled up with RV rules. Looks like Florida has a new ATV on street law that may be triggering this interest. They mention that class I and III ebi...

I'm using a 2P Luna pack with my Luna 2 speed. Nice small package for short trips.

I'm going to use some EGO packs as well when I get to it, they aren't quite as small but come pre-armored, and the drop in charging is nice.

Welcome to ES.

The ATmega32M1 is more suitable for this purpose due to the Power Stage Controller built into the chip. It also comes in larger memory configurations which might be useful for development and features.

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Consider that both Xiongda and Luna provide a different level of service than BMSBattery. Very different. Service and parts on small gearmotors is eventually necessary unless you plan to discard it when it needs parts. Good point on parts. I emailed Luna because I need a 135mm hub. No dice, they on...

Consider that both Xiongda and Luna provide a different level of service than BMSBattery. Very different. Service and parts on small gearmotors is eventually necessary unless you plan to discard it when it needs parts. Good point on parts. I emailed Luna because I need a 135mm hub. No dice, they on...

@tomtom50 Q128H by BMSbattery = no freewheeling = no torque = no customer service = not a good choice. But, hey it's your money. My 2 cents. I've been trying to figure out freewheeling for both hubs. Does the Xiongda freewheel with low friction? Does anyone know for sure? My Luna 2 speed freewheels...

Parallel or Series? To sum voltages batteries are connected in series. Parallel is only for equal voltage batteries, to increase current (amps and amp hours). 48V controllers are usually used with 13S or 14S Lipo packs (and are usually ok to 59V max). (13 or 14 cells in series). 18V is 5S, 11V is 3S...

Welcome to ES.

Good to see better access to these products.

I fixed one typo in the initial posting (1500A -> 150A on 72150).

https://eapps.naic.org/cis/fileComplaintMap.do Simply put, I don't receive my homeowners renewal notice. Every year I fight their website to log in and pay, dreaming of the day I would just get the statement in the mail and send a check. Maybe a complaint here will do the trick. Change vendors, the...

I think all that stuff was covered here in this thread earlier. Consider that both Xiongda and Luna provide a different level of service than BMSBattery. Very different. Service and parts on small gearmotors is eventually necessary unless you plan to discard it when it needs parts. Plus shipping cos...

If the 12V system has high peak demand, a small LilFePO4 battery could be floated across the 12V output converter for handling these peaks. But the bulk of the energy storage would be at 24/36/48 volts.

Generally the 12V load current of the RV is not high, the exception can be high current motors like the landing gear on a fiver. Most loads are low current, and the high current jacks could be wired to operate from the vehicle 12V battery and separated from the RV house battery. RV/Solar places like...

The real issue isn't so much the ratio, but the actual torque on the gears which is proportional to motor current (often incorrectly referred to as phase amps). So with the geared motors we want to strictly limit motor current to a safe value. This is straightforward on the PhaseRunner, since it has...

3S Lithium Cobalt voltage is too low and 4S is too high for standard 12V loads. There are two basic directions to go for an RV system. One is 4S LiFePO4 and doing a 12V system with a max voltage of about 14.6 which is acceptable for 12V loads. 4S LiFePO4 is well matched to 12V. Various 4S RV LiFePO4...