goosenoose
100 mW
Hello... I have the Crystalyte SAW brompton motor kit. I live in London at present (with lots of steep and long hills) and am curious about the geared option now having schlepped my DD-laden brompton on/off the tube a handful of times now. (I have a big honking 24ah EM3EV battery as well). I use it to commute daily to/from work (about 5 miles each way) and on weekends for group rides with roadie coworkers (I dial it back to about 150-200w so I can get something of a workout with them).
1. I'm considering putting together another brompton build using the geared motor version... question being if there's risk of 'burning out' the motor on aforementioned hills?
2. I accidentally thought the SAW motor was rated for 800 watts... I ran it this way for a couple weeks up to point that I was in an elevator and smelled a burning smell and realised it was coming from my motor? Motor was nearly-hot to touch/very warm. How badly have I damaged it ?? I installed Statorade since and after it smelled that way again, I just put power level down to 400-500. Never hot to touch at that wattage.
1. I'm considering putting together another brompton build using the geared motor version... question being if there's risk of 'burning out' the motor on aforementioned hills?
2. I accidentally thought the SAW motor was rated for 800 watts... I ran it this way for a couple weeks up to point that I was in an elevator and smelled a burning smell and realised it was coming from my motor? Motor was nearly-hot to touch/very warm. How badly have I damaged it ?? I installed Statorade since and after it smelled that way again, I just put power level down to 400-500. Never hot to touch at that wattage.