electric riding mower ride-on test success!!! 84volts
The second test but with the batteries hooked up in series to make 84volts. there are 5 ups batteries, 1 car battery that only has 10ah, and the old lawnmower battery. I used a simple switch to turn it on and use my multimeter to measure the amperage. when in neutral it draws 4-5 amps, and when driving it draws 5-8 amps. I accidentally hit the clutch and the belt came off the motor because I haven’t completely grinned into the grooves on the pulley for the v-belt to sit in it properly, but …
true, i only used the switch temporarily to turn it on, this is only a point of concept really
You are using an AC light switch for a DC application. The power out of the batteries is DC and the treadmill motor is most likely DC so the light switch is AC and will burn out because it is not rated for DC current.
oh because i have the same motor and im making a go kart i just dont know how to turn it on since the key doesnt work should i just attach the wires to the motor and hook it up to the battery?
with the light switch, but then the next day the switch gave out so i just touched the wires together to turn it on
so how did you turn it on in the video?
no, the key would not work anyway because there is too much current that goes through the wires when it is on, even that light switch gave out after turning it on and off about 10 times then it broke.
so you dont have to use a key to turn it on anymore?
Yeah, you can tell the motor is really underpowered just by how it speeds up when you disengage the drive shaft. .75 to 1hp is good for a push mower. For a riding mower I’d expect at least a 2hp mower or higher so you can mow normal grass on a slight incline. For a 20 degree slope I’d expect 3hp or higher. The AMP electric riding mower has 4hp just for drive shaft (seems overkill) plus 1.5hp per blade … total of 7hp.
Lead acid/car batteries are made for high amp drains.
If you mix a battery that is not made for high amp drain together with a car battery and run a high amp motor for example the low drain battery will overwork, basicly become a resistor and get hot and destroyed.
Trying to draw to mutch current from certain batteries will make them die, same as overcharging a battery, some even explode if overcharged.
Hope it made some sence lol!
ya, i mixed ups/scooter batteries and a car battery, i think that if you have them hooked up too long then they might leak i guess, or if you charge them all in series or parallels.
they always say dont mix batteries but ive never had a problem with it
im not quite sure but these weren’t charged up completely and the motor gets too hot and it looses its motor life quickly, im going to get a different motor though that is more than 1 hp because this one just doesn’t have enough power to climb a 20 degree slope very good
sweet! what’s the battery life like?