Lawrence Rhodes wrote: > > Well I have over heated my Currie electric bike conversion 3 times and my > wife also overheated it over the course of the 2 or 3 years that we have had > it. It cost 600 bucks but seemed to work well on the flats. It however > doesn't work well on hills which is the reason that we have it. It now > after being heated up and gone into nowork mode to save itself from frying > won't work at full speed anymore. Currie wouldn't give us a new motor when > we first bought it saying they all do that. What can I do about fixing this > motor so it will be a better hill performer. We have probably only put a > few hundred miles on it in a couple or three years. It is fully enclosed > with no venting. Mirror finish case. Lawrence Rhodes....
Sounds like a poor design. Can you remove that decorative cover and replace it with a ventilated cover, or add fan cooling? How does the motor drive the wheel; can you change gear ratios so it performs better on hills? -- Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
