Modding a 'leccie scooter to run without a controller
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:45 pm
A low tech solution to the controller problem. Gonna cross post this to the Electric Moped forum as well.
Hear me out - this may sound loony - but there's an inherent problem with electric scooters as they stand - they have these complex power electronics which need replacing / repairing a lot, and the parts are becoming very hard to come by. As The Recession™ goes from bad to worse, the importers are all going out of business and no UK manufacturer is going to compete with China making something there isn't even that much demand for over here.
So why not do away with all that and go back to DC motors controlled by a simple potentiometer? I think it might be the only way if we are to keep our beloved electric scooters
One would have to buy a new hub motor, true, something like this:
http://successmotor.en.made-in-china.co ... 1500W.html
Think something might work without a controller? I really don't like the idea of being at the mercy of an industry whose entire manufacturing base is on the other side of the world, so the fewer parts there are to replace, the better.
Hear me out - this may sound loony - but there's an inherent problem with electric scooters as they stand - they have these complex power electronics which need replacing / repairing a lot, and the parts are becoming very hard to come by. As The Recession™ goes from bad to worse, the importers are all going out of business and no UK manufacturer is going to compete with China making something there isn't even that much demand for over here.
So why not do away with all that and go back to DC motors controlled by a simple potentiometer? I think it might be the only way if we are to keep our beloved electric scooters
One would have to buy a new hub motor, true, something like this:
http://successmotor.en.made-in-china.co ... 1500W.html
Think something might work without a controller? I really don't like the idea of being at the mercy of an industry whose entire manufacturing base is on the other side of the world, so the fewer parts there are to replace, the better.