E-HP & Mcninch318 and others thank you. You helped resolve all controller issues. A new one appeared.

[heynow1010]

I'm close to completing my upgrade of a ride1up FS with a motoberry controller plus a 60 volt battery, When I turn the key switch 60+v appears on the throttle display and hear the brushless motor spinning and accelerating when I press the thumb throttle. But the rear wheel does not spin. If I first give it a spin in the correct direction and then press the thumb throttle it just barely maintains the spin I initiially gave it manually. It's as though a centrifugal clutch is not activating. NOTE THIS IS WITH THE REAR WHEEL STILL OFF THE GROUND FOR THIS UPGRADE

Can you suggest what is happening please?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Heynow

 

[yooper2001]

It sounds like your phases are connected backwards...and the clutch freespins when the motor turns in reverse. Use the self learn function by connecting the two single wires on the controller (if it has them) or find the correct phase sequence. In simple terms....your motor is spinning the wrong way because the three phase lines are incorrect. If you have the self learn wires...Google on how to do the self learn process... it's easier watched then for me to explain.

 

[heynow1010]

To my surprise I just resolved remaining issues with my up graded Ride1Up.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Al

It sounds like your phases are connected backwards...and the clutch freespins when the motor turns in reverse. Use the self learn function by connecting the two single wires on the controller (if it has them) or find the correct phase sequence. In simple terms....your motor is spinning the wrong way because the three phase lines are incorrect. If you have the self learn wires...Google on how to do the self learn process... it's easier watched then for me to explain.

Thank you. I did use the self learn function earlier today before I hooked up the new key switch voltage display throttle; I turned on the battery with the two intelligent white wires connected together and the the rear wheel began to spin at slow speed in the correct direction. Per instruction I ran this learning function for several seconds and then disconnected these intelligent white wires while it was still slowly spining in the correct direction. Since then I added the key switch throttle. So you are suggesting I run this learning mode again?

 

[yooper2001]

If it doesn't spin but sounds like it's spinning, yes. Maybe you accidentally reconnected the wire ( Its ONLY connected when learning)... or maybe the save just didn't take. It also possibly could have been 'spinning' by momentum and not under power when you disconnected. I have seen where you had to wait to disconnect until after power off ....but that was the exception...not the norm
The only thing I can think of....if it's not engaging, but it's in correct phase and is internally spinning, is that your clutch/gears are gone or your clutch key is sheared.

 

[heynow1010]

It sounds like your phases are connected backwards...and the clutch freespins when the motor turns in reverse. Use the self learn function by connecting the two single wires on the controller (if it has them) or find the correct phase sequence. In simple terms....your motor is spinning the wrong way because the three phase lines are incorrect. If you have the self learn wires...Google on how to do the self learn process... it's easier watched then for me to explain.

If it doesn't spin but sounds like it's spinning, yes. Maybe you accidentally reconnected the wire ( Its ONLY connected when learning)... or maybe the save just didn't take. It also possibly could have been 'spinning' by momentum and not under power when you disconnected. I have seen where you had to wait to disconnect until after power off ....but that was the exception...not the norm
The only thing I can think of....if it's not engaging, but it's in correct phase and is internally spinning, is that your clutch/gears are gone or your clutch key is sheared.

All I can say is THANK YOU. Well I guess I can say a little more; I re-ran learning and noticed as soon as energized, it spun the back wheel VERY FAST in the correct direction without any application of Thumb Throttle (TT). I ran it 5 minutes at this controller selected high speed before disconnecting the learning wires. When I disconnected learning and rpm slowed I tested application of the TT and initially got nothing. As it slowed further I tried TT again and this time the back wheel rpms accelerated well beyond the learning connection speed {which was high anyway}. I shut off the key switch & battery then restarted. It works! It's fast enough to keep up with village traffic if I absolutely must. Generally i drive it as a class 2 (that's what the sticker says)....I'm 76.