I have a project that I'd like to use a 12 volt controller for... (Electric Reel Lawn Mower)
Seems like none of the 12 volt controllers I have seen are decent. They are all kits or have too low of current value.
Is there a way to modify a yk42-3 or yk42-2 or another controller to work with 12 or 24 volt?
I want to use http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2008060808170474&item=5-1566-R&catname=electric
this motor.
I am thinking of running it at 24 volts because 150 is at the lower limit of the rpms I need...
Coupling it directly to the shaft seems the best way.
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This seems better than the way I have it setup now... I took a schwinn scooter motor plate and replaced the side cover of the reel motor with it. I mounted a kollmorgen 400 watt to it. I put a 12 tooth sprocket running to a 48 tooth on the reel blade shaft. I also have a chain guide so I could keep the chain loose, so it could jump off instead of breaking if I got a twig or something caught in the blades.
It seems to work but the rpms are simply too great, I'm going to go get a 0-5k potentiometer and see if I can dial in a sweet spot on the speed.
The weight of these two batteries is killing me and there is no real place to mount them. I hope I can do my lawn with 2 -7 ah 's. Wonder if a small nicad or nimh pack would work?
Seems like none of the 12 volt controllers I have seen are decent. They are all kits or have too low of current value.
Is there a way to modify a yk42-3 or yk42-2 or another controller to work with 12 or 24 volt?
I want to use http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2008060808170474&item=5-1566-R&catname=electric
this motor.
I am thinking of running it at 24 volts because 150 is at the lower limit of the rpms I need...
Coupling it directly to the shaft seems the best way.
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This seems better than the way I have it setup now... I took a schwinn scooter motor plate and replaced the side cover of the reel motor with it. I mounted a kollmorgen 400 watt to it. I put a 12 tooth sprocket running to a 48 tooth on the reel blade shaft. I also have a chain guide so I could keep the chain loose, so it could jump off instead of breaking if I got a twig or something caught in the blades.
It seems to work but the rpms are simply too great, I'm going to go get a 0-5k potentiometer and see if I can dial in a sweet spot on the speed.
The weight of these two batteries is killing me and there is no real place to mount them. I hope I can do my lawn with 2 -7 ah 's. Wonder if a small nicad or nimh pack would work?
