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  1. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    Thanks for the input, well the battery was running a 1700w motor via a 45a KT controller before so I can only assume that setup would have had the same issue if it was going to happen?? Yea, realistically 35a is probably peak bursts for what i'll be using it for anyway... more a case of 'having...
  2. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    In my defence my initial question wasn't regarding what I was building, it was regarding the phase wires, the other components I was using and the safe parameters between them. Wouldn't really make a difference if it was for abike, trike or shopping trolley I have mentioned several other times...
  3. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    It's a trike, not bike... based exactly off a design that's already been done a bunch of times and taken to production by a US company, even offering 52v taking up to 3000w front motors, the dropouts are machined steel designed and made for this exact fork and exactly this purpose so fingers...
  4. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    Ok thanks, I'll bear that in mind. I've just found out that the battery was running a 1700w hub with a 48v KT controller @ 35a so shortage of power shouldn't be an issue I'm guessing
  5. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    Also I believe the battery was close to £400 originally, not sure whether that's deemed 'reasonably cheap' or not...
  6. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    Yes, as far as road legal.. it's a drift trike so it's purely a private land toy and I do not expect to be riding it in the street. Again, the forks and frame are designed to take abuse, I'm having steel inserts machined to house the hub itself so it's almost like 'double torque arms'.. It was...
  7. thewelshguy

    Battery power and controller help please

    Hi, few questions regarding my current project, First question, is there a way to know my batterys power delivery capabilities? It's a 48v 20.4ah Li-ion battery. No idea on cell types or brand but assume 18650 I have a Golden Motor pro kit 901 hub, rated to 1000w, its and external...
  8. thewelshguy

    New member, building e drift trike

    G'day Pedelec people, new member here. My names Tom, tattoo artist based in UK. Into tinkering, general cool 'man stuff', and I also ride and race electric mountain boards. Currently in the process of building an e drift trike, based off a 'Triad drift trike' as a start point. Relitively...