Recent content by DesignerDan

There's no direct plug-in but the install is pretty simple. The black and red whites go to the battery pack + and -. The white and blue are the current senor wires and need to be connected to an external shunt. I'll be buying this one: http://www.ebikes.ca/store/photos/Shunt0.5.jpg The yellow is...

I got this one: http://kellycontroller.com/kbs72121l50a24-72v-mini-brushless-dc-controller-p-1175.html It seems to be perfect for hubzilla. 4000 continuous watts and 10,000 burst watts.

I got it working! To thank endless sphere for putting up with me I'll contribute what color combo gave me a clean forward. Phase wires. Controller:Motor Blue:Yellow Yellow:Green Green:Blue Hall wires. Controller:Motor Yellow:Yellow Green:Blue Blue:Green

>Got new controller (Kelly Controller) >Wire it up >Try throttle >get error code: "Motor did not start. Check phase and hall wires" >Sad face >Me too lazy to try all 36 combinations >Turn to forum for help Which would be a better bet? Trying all 36 combinations or just replace the halls...

Darn this is making me nervous. Someone even said that hubzilla's color coding matches the infineon controllers and that's the way I wired it and something tells me that it's not wired incorrectly.

So can anyone confirm if this is a problem with the halls or just a wrong wiring combo? I will be ordering a Kelly controller and I really hope it's just a wrong color combo.

It was drawing like 13 amps at 72 volts and it wasn't spinning very fast at all. Only like 20 mph unloaded

I like your positive attitude :) And I made some torque arms already. Do these meet your approval? It's pretty thick steal and I have one on each dropout. I will sand the paint off the dropouts and JB cold weld them to the frame and put the bolts back in. I assume this will be sufficient?

I'm a little confused now. So let's say the green phase and sensor wire from the motor go to the yellow phase and yellow sensor wire to the controller and I screwed it up and did green to green and yellow to yellow. Would that have caused the problem? I thought mixing up the phase wires just ran...

Darn :( I guess I just assumed since infineon is a popular controller and the hubzilla used the same coloring it would work. But even if the coloring isn't the same, wouldn't the motor just run backwards? or are the hall sensor colors not that same as the phase colors. Is that what you're saying?

>Got hubzilla >bolt it to frame >solder wires to infineon controller >yellow to yellow, green to green, blue to blue >Test it out >11 amp no load current >motor making funny noises >Check to see if anything is rubbing against motor >motor and wheel spin freely >double check wiring >triple check...

Great documentation! It definitely cleared things up.

Awesome work! They look very nice. Having one unit be able to have charge AND discharge protection would be ideal.

Words can't even describe how beautiful this is. You are truly talented!

Thanks for the advice guys. I never use cheap tires on an e-bike. I always use the quality tires with kevlar and they hold up just fine at 40 mph. I have over 1,500 miles on them without a problem. And in terms of slippage, why don't people just limit the amps? I'm just looking for crazy...