But what if the motor jams? I had a magnet come apart on my electric
mini-bike. Luckily the performance was so bad I wasn't going fast. I
presume a non-PM motor is much less likely to fail in a way to solidly
lock up, but????
BTW, I bought the R75/7 chassis yesterday!
- SteveS
damon henry wrote:
If you really only care about an emergency disconnect then I would
think an appropriate sized contactor or switch is a simpler solution.
I have one of these circuit breakers in my truck
http://www.electroauto.com/catalog/circtbkr.shtml. You could mount it
anywhere you have room and run your clutch cable to it to manually
trip it.
damon
> To: [email protected]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:06:43 -0500
> Subject: [ElectricMotorcycles] To clutch or not to clutch
>
> > *There's a constant debate on the EV list (a list which I sadly had to
> > admit I don't have time for any more) about running clutchless.
> >
>
> I'm not planning to use the stock trans and clutch, I'd rather use
> the space for batteries.
> However I keep thinking that the second thing you reach for when the
> throttle jams (after the kill switch) is the clutch.
> The stock clutch lever is already in a familiar place I just need
> something lighter and simpler than the stock wet clutch.
> Could be a much more basic device since you don't need to slip it on
> takeoff, maybe a dog clutch rigged as a mechanical disconnect.
> A lot of the car conversions have big contactor cut-outs to cut the
> power to the motor in case of a run-away, I don't know if a
> mechanical cut-out would be easier or cheaper.
>
> Andrew in Ann Arbor
>
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