48v battery into a 36v wheel ???

[cosmicman]

I was thinking about upgrading my 36v 750w ebike kit with a 48v battery and 48v controller.

Does anyone know if this would destroy the hub motor ? or would it simply make ther bike faster than it already is ?

 

[Lyen]

I was thinking about upgrading my 36v 750w ebike kit with a 48v battery and 48v controller.

Does anyone know if this would destroy the hub motor ? or would it simply make ther bike faster than it already is ?

It would simply make your ebike 20-30% faster than your existing 36v battery + controller. Please PM or email me at LYEN@HOTMAIL.COM if you are in a market for a programmable brushless controller for 36v,48v,and up. It is fully adajustable so you can use either your 36v battery or 48v battery or even combine them into a super 84v battery. Thanks!

Best regards,
Lyen

 

[Demosthenes]

I highly doubt your going fry a motor going from 36 to 48 volts. Not an ebikekit motor certainly, they sell good stuff. If your really worried you could beef up the phase wires. But people have taken these motors up to ridiculous voltages (100 or so) So I'm going to say do it!!

 

[dogman dan]

Is it an e bike kit, or the EbikeKit trademark kit? If you bought the 9 contininet kit from EbikeKit, it can take 48v no problems with the same controller.

Most mid size direct drive motors have no problems running at 48v, so that's Aotema, 9 continent, crystalyte, golden motor, etc. In some cases controllers may be limited to 50v, but if the caps inside the controller that look like little cans say 63v on them, then the controller is likely to tolerate 48v, that is about 58-60v hot off the charger.

At any voltage up to 48v, the heat damage to motors is mostly from long steep hill climbs, or really really long full throttle rides. Above 48v, wattages can get to be enough to damage stuff faster.