Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-19 Thread Mike
Hey Mike, Would you mind filling in some gaps that I dont know about on your build? I think I got something really close to a guesstimation. gear ratio rear tire size new weight of bike and your weight (if your dont want to tell me I gonna say 215 :-P ) Sure thing... Gear Ratio:

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-18 Thread Johnathan Vail
On Wed, July 18, 2007 9:54 am, Mike wrote: Did you mean 160F or C? I have read the latest temps after pushing the PMG pretty heavily (200 down to Fahrenheit is what I'm pretty sure the thermo was set on but now you've got me wondering. Surely the solder that holds it all together can't melt

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-18 Thread Chris Tromley
On 7/17/07, damon henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got no ideas about your DC to DC, but this is why I always recommend the 6.7 inch series wound motors over Eteks. It's not that they can't do the job, but they are too easy to fry. Too many amps either undoes all the solder or demagnatizes

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-18 Thread Jeff Blamey
on. Waiting on fans... man-o-man this is fun!! Jeff -Original Message- From: Johnathan Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jul 18, 2007 10:26 AM To: ElectricMotorcycles listserv@electricmotorcycles.net Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie On Wed, July 18, 2007 9

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-18 Thread Mike
I have a brushless Etek but I haven't spun it up yet. I am still a n00b on these things but from the controller research I have done it seems to But aren't we all? It's not like you see electric motorcycles scooting all over the place. -- The Electric Motorcycle Portal

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-18 Thread Mike
Either will be dangerously hot. You were measuring the outside casting though and the heat is generated in the coils which I expect got quite a bit hotter at least for a short time. So, anyone care to guestimate what temp one wants to keep a spinning etek under? Like Chris says, the spinning

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-17 Thread Doug Starwalt
listserv@electricmotorcycles.net Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:19 PM Subject: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie Stick a fork in it. I think it's done.

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-17 Thread Mike
Wow. Mike when you kill 'em, you kill 'em dead as a hammer. I remember my first year in college. I had an instructor who told me, If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. He never did anything half way. He's my hero to this day. Ha ha. separately excited motor (no field to excite).

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-17 Thread damon henry
another Etek on the barbie Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:19:51 -0400 Stick a fork in it. I think it's done. It was pretty spectacular and very, very smelly. I'd would have thought they used blue smoke in it like other electrical stuff but it was dark gray. How they get that much smoke

Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie

2007-07-17 Thread Jeff Blamey
@electricmotorcycles.net Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Throw another Etek on the barbie Wow. Mike when you kill 'em, you kill 'em dead as a hammer. I remember my first year in college. I had an instructor who told me, If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. He never did anything half