So I recently bought the enertion motor mount with a bunch of other mechanical and electrical parts i bought following this tutorial:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Skateboard-V40-the-Banana-Board/step2/Materials/
The whole thing was a mess!!! The motor mount did not work very well with my mechanical setup:
- There was also too much slack on the belt
- The trucks shaft wasnt long enough so there was friction on the wheel.
- The motor wasnt really screwed onto the motor mount in a secure way and i had to drill new holes just to get it to screw on.. but it STILL wasnt even that secure.
I knew id be commuting to school and the thing would fall apart sooner or later mid-trip.
So i figured I'd scrap the whole thing, take the loss on the lithium ions, ESC, motor and the 3D printed pulleys and 9mm belt i had bought and either buy a hub motor to use with my ESC and batteries or buy the new ACTION BLINK S on INDIEGOGO (I know, I know, a cardinal sin for many on this forum)
I had an Altered children's toy electric skateboard laying around that recently stopped working.
When it was working i was reluctant to take it apart because it was pretty much the only electric skateboard I had that ACTUALLY WORKED.
It was heavy with lead acid batteries... had a low weight limit... and only went 10mph... BUT IT WAS GREAT FOR GOING TO THE STORE TO GET GROCERIES!!!
After a while it stopped working... it wouldnt hold a charge.. it wouldnt move when it was fully charged... it had lost a lot of its torque over the few months ive owned and abused it... so i figured i had nothing to lose but to take it apart... the motor mount had one of those convenient cases around it that protect the pulley and what not from gravel, rain, etc... and i managed to completely remove the existing motor and mount my TURNIGY In its place...
Much to my amazement the TURNIGY motor fits perfectly, and the shaft is lined up exactly where the previous childrens toy motor was.
I'm using the same wheel pulley and belt from the childrens toy, so all i need is the exact same motor pulley to put on my motor
The motor pulley from the childrens toy is impossible to remove from the childrens toy motor as its sort of welded on as i guess they never thought anyone would ever modify it
the childrens toy used a 12 mm timing belt... and the pulleys have a lot more teeth than the 3d printed pulleys and corresponding belt i bought for my custom one that im not taking a loss on... and the motor pulley from the childrens toy is the perfect size and pitch... but it is not going to fit on my TURNIGY shaft... so basically i need to buy a new MOTOR PULLEY... with the same diameter and pitch......
The Children's toy motor pulley has 19 teeth and is about 12 mm in diameter and fits a 15mm belt.
Is this some kind of standard size? What do i need to buy as a Motor pulley to replace this...
I pretty much know nothing about pulleys and the ratio of diameter to amount of teeth...
heres pictures of the motor pulley and basically everything else.
The RED board is the new chassis from the children's toy, and the GREEN wheels next to the ENERTION motor mount are my old mechanical parts i'll no longer be using.
I am having issues with the battery cables.... every time i plug anything i get a fireworks show... here is a link to the diagram i am using from an instructables tutorial
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=203380
Wiring the electronics is turning out to be seriously problematic as any time i try to plug anything in i get a fireworks show...
There is no mention of the T plug for charging anywhere in the tutorial... but it is in the diagram posted above... is this related to a SERIES ADAPTER... if so he does not mention a series adapter anywhere in the tutorial and is not answering questions in the comments for a couple of months now...
the guy that made the tutorial posted in the comments that the balance adapter is backwards in the diagram and needs the ports swapped...
also does not mention in the tutorial how to charge the batteries (through the balance port?? or the T plug that he gives no mention of on how to set up????)
Honestly... i feel like im never going to have an electric skateboard at this point... the creator of this tutorial has probably causes a couple of peoples houses to burn down...
http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Skateboard-V40-the-Banana-Board/step2/Materials/
The whole thing was a mess!!! The motor mount did not work very well with my mechanical setup:
- There was also too much slack on the belt
- The trucks shaft wasnt long enough so there was friction on the wheel.
- The motor wasnt really screwed onto the motor mount in a secure way and i had to drill new holes just to get it to screw on.. but it STILL wasnt even that secure.
I knew id be commuting to school and the thing would fall apart sooner or later mid-trip.
So i figured I'd scrap the whole thing, take the loss on the lithium ions, ESC, motor and the 3D printed pulleys and 9mm belt i had bought and either buy a hub motor to use with my ESC and batteries or buy the new ACTION BLINK S on INDIEGOGO (I know, I know, a cardinal sin for many on this forum)
I had an Altered children's toy electric skateboard laying around that recently stopped working.
When it was working i was reluctant to take it apart because it was pretty much the only electric skateboard I had that ACTUALLY WORKED.
It was heavy with lead acid batteries... had a low weight limit... and only went 10mph... BUT IT WAS GREAT FOR GOING TO THE STORE TO GET GROCERIES!!!
After a while it stopped working... it wouldnt hold a charge.. it wouldnt move when it was fully charged... it had lost a lot of its torque over the few months ive owned and abused it... so i figured i had nothing to lose but to take it apart... the motor mount had one of those convenient cases around it that protect the pulley and what not from gravel, rain, etc... and i managed to completely remove the existing motor and mount my TURNIGY In its place...
Much to my amazement the TURNIGY motor fits perfectly, and the shaft is lined up exactly where the previous childrens toy motor was.
I'm using the same wheel pulley and belt from the childrens toy, so all i need is the exact same motor pulley to put on my motor
The motor pulley from the childrens toy is impossible to remove from the childrens toy motor as its sort of welded on as i guess they never thought anyone would ever modify it
the childrens toy used a 12 mm timing belt... and the pulleys have a lot more teeth than the 3d printed pulleys and corresponding belt i bought for my custom one that im not taking a loss on... and the motor pulley from the childrens toy is the perfect size and pitch... but it is not going to fit on my TURNIGY shaft... so basically i need to buy a new MOTOR PULLEY... with the same diameter and pitch......
The Children's toy motor pulley has 19 teeth and is about 12 mm in diameter and fits a 15mm belt.
Is this some kind of standard size? What do i need to buy as a Motor pulley to replace this...
I pretty much know nothing about pulleys and the ratio of diameter to amount of teeth...
heres pictures of the motor pulley and basically everything else.
The RED board is the new chassis from the children's toy, and the GREEN wheels next to the ENERTION motor mount are my old mechanical parts i'll no longer be using.
I am having issues with the battery cables.... every time i plug anything i get a fireworks show... here is a link to the diagram i am using from an instructables tutorial
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=203380
Wiring the electronics is turning out to be seriously problematic as any time i try to plug anything in i get a fireworks show...
There is no mention of the T plug for charging anywhere in the tutorial... but it is in the diagram posted above... is this related to a SERIES ADAPTER... if so he does not mention a series adapter anywhere in the tutorial and is not answering questions in the comments for a couple of months now...
the guy that made the tutorial posted in the comments that the balance adapter is backwards in the diagram and needs the ports swapped...
also does not mention in the tutorial how to charge the batteries (through the balance port?? or the T plug that he gives no mention of on how to set up????)
Honestly... i feel like im never going to have an electric skateboard at this point... the creator of this tutorial has probably causes a couple of peoples houses to burn down...
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