And I thought the motor I got for my snowplow was big... it's a GE 13" SEPEX, about 300lbs.... overkill, but weight is good on a snowplow (lead acid batteries, with a heater pad, will add more weight).
Z On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Christopher Meier <[email protected]>wrote: > Is there a market for that motor? Get Baldor to take it on consignment. > > Sent from my Kindle Fire > > > > _____________________________________________ > From: Steve Clunn <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue Aug 13 18:29:57 CDT 2013 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EVDL] re; controller for 500V , 450Amp Motor > > > From: Lee Hart > >2600 lbs? My gawd; railroad locomotives don't have motors that big.< > > Yep ,The logic behind it was that the diesel engine weighed that much > .. so "we better get an electric motor about the same size ". The > salesman from Baldor motors and his consultant ( all before my time ) > seemed to feel that was what he needed. > > >I rather doubt that any normal controller will be able to deliver that > kind of power for any length of time. They are all designed on the > assumption that their peak power only needs to be available for a matter > of seconds.< > > the truck got about 6 to 8 MPG I'm not thinking that it really needs > ton's of power , just 3 or 4 times what a puck up might use . The > motor is continuously rated at 300 hp but that is not what would we > needed . I'm looking at it this way if the diesel engine 30% eff ,,a > gallon of diesel is about 30 kwh energy so 10kwh to the axle would go > 6 miles or 1.6kwh per mile or 96kw 500v 200 amps > > >I'd contact the motor manufacturer, for advice on what controller this > motor was designed for. Otherwise, you're headed for some very expensive > stumbling around in the dark.,< > > The salesman for the motor manufacturer is who talked him into this > motor and for some reason the controller was not ever though of , now > they are saying it will have to be custom made and will be the size of > a small room . > > From: Jeff Major > <So what controller was this project manager planning to use?< > The Project manager is also the owner and driver ,, guess trucking is > pretty lucrative . He seemed unaware that he would need a speed > controller till I talked to him . > > >I'd scrap the DC idea and see if these guys would sell you an AC drive.? > http://www.balqon.com/?<; > > Ya that looks good , But he has the motor and can't return it ,,, If > it were me I'd have tried using 3 9" or 3 11" net gains with a 1k > soliton on each one , maybe blowers on the motors > > From: Bruce EVangel Parmenter < > http://www.e-moss.com/electric-powertrain < > > To bad he didn't do a little looking around , some neat companies out > there ,, I'd like to see some finished trucks . Thanks I'll write > them > > > http://www.tm4.com/en/products.aspx > http://www.tm4.com/en/co150en.aspx > CO150 - Motor controller / inverter - Product specifications > Maximum / nominal electrical power 150 kW / 90 kW > Maximum output current 575 Arms > > http://uqm.com/products/full-electric/production/commercial-vehicles/ > UQM PowerPhase HD systems are specifically designed for heavy-duty drive > a > > > Steve Clunn > Merging the best of the past with > the best of the future. > www.Greenshedconversions.com > _____________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130813/c0a884ca/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130813/77b6bf5e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
