My Twike has an AC induction motor and the controller and charger are one unit the size of a toaster. It was built in 1998.
Phil H. On Apr 26, 2014 12:24 PM, "Lee Hart" <[email protected]> wrote: > Lee Hart wrote: > >> As for using a motor controller as a battery charger: That is a much >>> trickier proposition. A battery has very low resistance, and can deliver >>> awesome peak currents! Few motor controllers are going to like powering a >>> battery directly. To do it, they would need a substantial output >>> inductor. >>> The GE EV-1 happens to have such an inductor; but many controllers won't! >>> >> > David Nelson wrote: > >> That is why the Synkromotive controller needs the motor in the loop >> for it to be used as a battery charger then. >> > > For a DC setut, you can use the motor's series field winding as the output > inductor for a battery charger. Don't power the armature though, or the > motor will run! > > I first saw this done on Bob McKee's "Sundancer" EVs, back in the 1970's. > The controller and charger were one and the same! > > -- > Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more > violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move > in the opposite direction. -- Albert Einstein > -- > Lee Hart's EV projects are at http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.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/20140426/1b84581a/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)
