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These questions are in context to setting up a dual mini 36v 250w bike with a 54v 20ah battery pack.

1.  do the magic controllers limit the battery current and voltage,  or do they limit how much current the motor is trying to demand?   I'm guessing it's the battery side?

2. Is it possible for a GM motor to take substantially more current than the controller is set to?


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Re: A couple of random questions in context with dual mini motor set-up
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 04:32:56 PM »
HI Andrew

The controller will limit how much current from the battery ....

As far as I know, peak voltage ( stop - starts etc, as it takes way more current to get you moving at a traffic light than just increasing speed) can be from what I see about 50% more than the standard setting...the GM controller will have both settings available for tuning

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Re: A couple of random questions in context with dual mini motor set-up
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 05:14:30 PM »

Stuff arrived ?

No!,  gutted. I've got a tracking number form Gary, China only sent it out this monday and the last EMS tracking note says China 18th April. It's looking like I won't get the kits until after Easter, and there is the grim possibility that with next weeks 3 dayworking week I may not see an arrival until I go back to work :(

what do you make of this statement....
voicecoils wrote: “I stripped my second set of gears at 80v and under 20A”

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”If that was 20A at the battery, then it could be much more at the motor. High voltage has the effect of raising the top speed, but it will also allow higher motor currents at low speed. Ironically, going easy on the throttle may not be enough to save you, as the worst damage could happen at partial throttle settings.

Its part of the peculiarity of the way the controller/motor combination works. 80V / 20A in could translate to 20 V / 80 A out to the motor at low speed, partial throttle. And as Richard says, its the (motor) current that sets the torque.

What we really need is a new type of controller, or a new type of limiter”.