48 volts 500 watt hub motor on 36 volts battery ???

[slim23]

will a 500 watt 48 volts hub motor plug on 36 volt batteries deliver 500 watt of power but more amps or the motor will give less watts and same amps ???? tank-you for your reply.

 

[bowlofsalad]

Bomb you for your question.

To thoroughly answer your question might require far more education than the scope of time and energy that might be put into a forum post.

The short answer is yes, you should be able to use a 36v battery pack on a 48v kit.

You can typically plug a lower voltage battery pack into a kit that can handle higher voltage. The likely only issue you may have is the low voltage cutoff programmed into the controller.

What output the battery you are referring can handle is relative or completely dependent on the battery, the answer is not all the same no matter the battery. A .5c or 1c battery 36v10ah pack would be negatively effected by drawing more watts or amps from it than it can handle. To give you a bit of understanding, To find a packs capacity, you multiply it's voltage(V) by it's amp hours(AH). Assuming your battery pack is something like a 36v10ah pack, you'd end up with a capacity of 360 watt hour(WH) capacity. The C rating(capacity rating) is a multiple of capacity. To help you understand some of this, a watt meter while running your motor might be useful.

 

[slim23]

will a 500 watt 48 volts hub motor plug on 36 volt batteries deliver 500 watt of power but more amps or the motor will give less watts and same amps ???? tank-you for your reply.

asuming that the battery can handle the amps will my 48 volt 500 watt motor give me 500 watt of power on a 36 volt battery with more amps or will it give me less power i know that i tried 36 and 48 volt on it 48 volts gave me more speed but in terms of power, and i should specify that my controller was mark 36 volt and cut of is 31 volts but capacitors in it are 63 volts and on the board inside was mark 48 volts and the battery that came whit it are 36 volts but the motor is stamp on 48 volts 500 watts.

 

[Miles]

will a 500 watt 48 volts hub motor plug on 36 volt batteries deliver 500 watt of power but more amps or the motor will give less watts and same amps ???? tank-you for your reply.

The latter.

 

[slim23]

tank you all

 

[dnmun]

if you are using a 48V controller with a 36V lifepo4 pack then double check the LVC on the controller. a 36V lifepo4 pack is only about 44-42V off the charger and your 48V controller may have a 41V LVC so it would shut off immediately.

 

[slim23]

if you are using a 48V controller with a 36V lifepo4 pack then double check the LVC on the controller. a 36V lifepo4 pack is only about 44-42V off the charger and your 48V controller may have a 41V LVC so it would shut off immediately.

As I said the controller was marked 36 volt and cut off 31.5 volt and from what i can see it realy starts to cut-off around 31 volt, I have lead acid batteries and no lipo yet, thats why I tried it on 48 volt whit a 4th lead acid battery on the pack and I get more speed and more millage because, I think before it gets down to 31 volt takes more time since to start with I have 48 volts instead of 36 , but dont know how good are my batteries and I only get around 8.5 KM or 5 miles, if I could bypass the lvc I could get more out of it but dont know how ??? here is a screenshot of my controller,