Converting a Car Alternator into a Go Kart Motor
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PART 2:
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In this video I will be showing you how I converted this old alternator into a motor for my electric go kart. The only reason I chose this alternator is because it only costed me $20 and it was still in fairly good condition (any 3-phase alternator should work!). I I ended up wiring this motor in a delta configuration. Originally I was planning on comparing the motor when wired in a WYE configuration vs the motor wired in a delta configuration but I will need a more powerful battery pack before I can do so.
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This reminds me of the early days of gas powered cars where my Dad would tell me about going to the junk yard and taking scrap cars to create stock cars, race them and improve them which later led to muscle cars and more innovation. It’s like we’re seeing it again only with EVs.
My dad was a mechanic in Mexico. I saw him did so many engines n shit in our garage. Good times.he had a super B moppar and I dindt knew wat it was.
My father did this. Had a 7 second n/a bug in the 60-70's. He told me all the crazy stories. Chainsaw boats, go karts. Building cars for all kinds of thing from drag racing to demo derby. Wish it was that easy now days. I felt awesome when I turn a vertical shaft motor to a horizontal shaft. Showed my dad and he was like yeah that's the stuff we did. It was a better time back then. As a mechanic and auto body tech I'd prefer the 50's
Bateries aint cheap tho ....
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MY father was a birdwatcher! *sigh*
As a VERY old mechanic. Its pleasant to see a person(no insult intended) who is a 'geek', but not afraid to get his hands dirty. Very interesting video. Thanks. I enjoyed it.
Person? What an insult... just kidding.
@@sir_john_hammond I think he ment about the "geek" comment. Me personally I would take it as a compliment.
Thomas Furmanek yes, just poking fun at his choice of word order.
@@sir_john_hammond after rereading papasmurfs statement I see what you are saying.
old mechanic here too ... wish someone would have told us we're going extinct
I did essentially the same thing when I was in grade school in the 1960's, using a mini bike, gears and chain from an old Honda motorcycle, an alternator from a 1950's model Ford (I'm not sure what specific model or year) and a "Juice Box" car battery, and it worked. However, doing this in the 1960's, using 1950's parts, it was anything but efficient. It would take all day to charge the battery, but 10 minutes to use it up.
_But I sure enjoyed those 10 minutes..._ :)
I can tell you now that austiwana is a Spherical Earther without even asking him. How do I know ? Because he's educated. How do I know he's educated ? Because he understands delta and star motor windings. But seriously . . . You gotta give it to this young guy. He has presented this project in such a cool style. There's no arrogance with any of his presentation. Love your work !
PS: I have no idea why this would attract so many thumbs down. I just don't get it.
as a senior citizen who worked in the auto industry my whole life, I thing its refreshing to see young people today with ingenuity, instead of sitting around on cell phones and complaining
A millennial with a brain !
You were working since the day you were born, Incredible?
Or were you born when you were 14?
You worked there your whole life? Were you there from the day you were born?
Hugh Jaanus
Apt name. At least you're honest about it.
Thanks baldy.
I can never understand dislikes on videos like this.
Brilliant video and excellent craftsmanship sir!
To some, if it doesn’t use gas it’s bad!
Some folk think disliking will remove these types of videos from their suggested videos.. so most likely nothing personal against this guy or the cart..
I only considered disliking because he was sending Sparks from his Dremel right into the front alternator bearing, that alternator could turn into a big hunk of scrap metal very quickly if any of those Sparks make it past the seal on the bearings. I didn't dislike the video but I know several people who would for this reason and I wouldn't fault them for doing so.
Well actually continued usage of that construction as it is, would result in the catastrophic failure of the batteries, which would catch fire or even explode. Not pleasant. I know what you mean, but some negatives are probably down to that. It's a dangerous design.
Bad soldering jobs give me seizures.
What a brilliant and good man. Someone who actually likes to use his mind, create things and not afraid of work. Best wishes to you.
Amen
Gaaaaaaaaay
With young people like you, we can have hope for the future. Good luck kid .
There's one of him to every hundred kids with no discipline who live in their cell phones who think communism is perfect and that it just hasn't been done properly yet. *sigh*
This is really cool! I can see myself now, flying around the neighborhood on my cart! I built a few race cars, hot rods, and worked as pipe fitter, but, I never thought to use an alternator as a drive motor. This was great. Thanks for posting.
Good video! In 1957 I had a home-made gas go kart & our Dad built a really simple generator driven go kart with my younger brother. No mods needed on the generator. Three 2x4s made the "frame" & 2 axels - steering with feet. Dad made a 3rd battery post out of solder in the middle of a 12v battery. (Batteries then had visible straps connecting the cells, covered by a tar substance). So you could run on 6 volts (about 5 or 6 blocks) at good speed. Then switch cables to the other 6 volts for the trip home. I'd run on all 12 volts & it was almost too fast on that little kart w/ skinny solid rubber wheels!
Cool! Lots of good points about alternators, controllers, and over-discharge of the battery. Very nice bg music all the way through. Going to watch your drift trike video to see what points you make about battery management of the Li-po. Always interesting haha!
Heh heh heh
The world needs more people like you. Don't be disheartened by negative comments. Keep going. Keep trying new things. Keep questioning. Do not allow anyone or anything to hold you back. And please, also look after yourself. Invest in some elbow length leather welding gloves for when you're working with that angle grinder. They are great tools, but very quickly make a mess of human flesh.
I discovered your video a few weeks ago and only had time to revert again today. Well thought out young man, I'm not an electricity wizard but I give you straight A's for innovation, it's excellent !!
Thanks for posting. It's really going to help me with a mobility cart for my wife. My plan is to use a quad rolling frame as the base with suspension, and the ability to get out in the yard, as well as shopping. I plan to use 2 - 12 volt standard car batterys in parallel for low center of gravity and more run time.
Heard of an electro mechanics chair,,,(copy, and assisted mobility,,,
All I gotta say is if we had people like you good sir in charge of this country leading, we’d be in a much better place!
I love seeing someone fabricating something unique! Great job!
ELECTRIC DRIFT TRIKE!!!! I'm super excited to see your next build. I have 3 electric drift trikes each with different drive trains. The first one I made with a 2,000 watt hub motor in the front wheel. Second trike uses a 1,500 watt brushless motor to power a live rear axle. Third has a split axle and two 1,000 watt motors powering the rear wheels independently. My favorite part is I use Dewalt cordless tool batteries to power all of my electric trikes and e-bikes. I typically get a mile per amp hour, never over-discharged, and it is easy to swap out fresh batteries. Keep up the cool videos.
Great job. So good to see someone of your generation being so creative and loving using your head and your hands. You give us older creators hope. Been enjoying creating and building all my life and I am 71 and still at it. I have subbed.
Watch out u old fart some smart arse gonna think u were born-a-building! Lol, Coming from aold 75 yr-old builder/fixer,,, lol
Thank you for thoroughly explaining how to use delta configuration, and the controller to use. That part is always left out of vids. Now I know! Thanks
Thank you , its refreshing to see a young man using his brain for his great project .well done
What a cool project. I would have loved to do this when I was young. I am impressed at the quality of your production too. Very clearly explained and demonstrated. I hope it inspires young engineering-minded people to get out and create something themselves. Thumbs up.
*NICE!!!!*
I made an EBike with a 100 Amp alternator last year.
It tears along at 18KPH on a 14V battery, and uses 15WH per KM.
Watt's cool is that it is soooooo quiet, it is recharged by solar panels - and it is such a pleasure to ride :) .
Keep up the good work bro.
15Watt hours? or 15 amp hours? big difference on a 12/14volt system
Howdee Andrew,
1 Amp hour at 14.5V - is 'watt' this bike consumes when it is traveling on a level path at 18KPH.
It travels 4KM per 4AH battery, if I run them flat, but that's not such a good idea with these LiPo cells.
I could make it go faster, with a higher DC supply voltage, but there comes a tradeoff between speed and range, so I have opted to settle for this rather sedate 18KPH speed :) .
Braking?
Braking is partly done by the alternator, but mostly by the bike's existing brakes.
+Perkins_RC76
If you can walk at 7 mph, I would like to see that.
Maybe make a video of it?
Maybe become an Olympic race walker?
The true walking speed is closer to 3 MPH, so my 12 MPH bike is a LOT faster than mere walking speed :) .
...And that´s why we don´t use car batteries, designed to provide a huge load for a short period of time, to provide continuous power, people.
Buddy, thanks for uploading this!. I loved the simplicity of what you just did. I´m thinking seriously now in trying an alternator to power a small enduro, but using AGM instead of conventional lead acid...
Perfect idea. One of my alternator ball bearings was making my car sound like a tank. The recycling refund was $10 Canadian, so I figure it would be a waste to scrap it... So here I am
Awesome work! Can't wait to see the drift trike build! You have very nice quality videos and it is easy to understand what's going on. Well done😀
When I tried this out I found it alot easier to use old GM alternators rather than newer ones. I found that newer ones are a pain in the ass to disassemble, And on some brands the diod pack and brush assembly are in one piece so you have nowhere to solder some wires to to feed power to the rotor.
Awesome work. I like to think of myself as mechanically inclined, but the information you have given is just over my head.
Great project and refreshing to see a young man working with his hand to adaptively create this project. Cheers
That was excellent on so many levels. Great job and fascinating to watch. Thanks man!!!
It is indeed fascinating ! Keep up the good work!
Very cool. The camera work was good too.
less handsome guy in picture will be even better 8))
My kids think I’m awesome because of you brother - you’re a gem 💎
This is great. My alternator happened to be the 6-wire, like his. His video got it all figured out
This is really cool. Great content, well edited. You have a great way of explaining things. My son was super inspired when he saw this video. We have built a gas go-kart in the past and the kids hacked a scooter and made a low speed high torque trike out of the parts, but this is pretty cool and economical. Excellent video, Please keep up the good work!
I agree... I'm a little behind on the electronics but I hope this young man keeps up the good work and stays humble. the world could use a few more leaders like this guy.
Great stuff, my fumbling accidentally hit thumbs down , sorry
Buen vídeo, adaptación del motor, cableado eléctrico, fusible, alimentación. Saludos
This looks like a great project, I never thought to use an old alternator às a power plant for a go-kart. Now that I've seen this video, NEXT PROJECT for me and my son I'm certain he'll be quite enthused with this idea. Thanks for the video man great job!!
I have watched many videos alternator to bldc motor most of them had 3 wire or 4 wires coming out of the coil which did not help me as i had 6 like yours. Thank you for excellent video with step by step instructions.
Great job dude.
Your new title is "Alternator Meister."
Drive safely.
When joining wire ends untwist both ends and then slide one end into the other and twist them together. Essentially braiding the two ends together. Then apply solder and allow it to wick the entire way. Solder is not glue and using it to "adhere" one wire to the other creates a brittle joint that will come loose with vibration and time. Cool project though.
"and then slide one into the other" - I know (I sense) you mean well, but this particular passage would need either more words or hopefully a YT video showing the technique. Thanks though.
CriticoolHit lead solder should be fine. It thermal expansion and contraction that typically causes cracked solder joints, not mechanical vibration.
This guy is lucky he got the direction of each stator winding correct, because there is no way that 'start' and end' of each winding set can be determined by a simple continuity test. Too easy to have 2 in correct same direction and the 3rd in an opposing magnetic field orientation. This MATTERS, be it star or delta connected.
So, solder if done correctly, might be good for a test, given the equipment to correctly determine this magnetic field directions isn't a garden variety instrument. BUT it's a pain... easier to use insulated screw tunnel connectors [the type electricians use in house wiring]. Once proved correct the far better way is to use a crimp connector, NOT dodgy solder as seen here, for the solid stator conductors to the flex cable. CRIMP connections if done correctly are always far better than solder in an automotive application prone to vibration like this.
Frankly, the best way would be to take each stator winding to a 6 terminal block mounted on rear of the alternator rear housing and then bridge however you want [star or delta] and terminate the flex leads there.
Ok...you got my courisity and just now subscribed.EXCELLENT WORK HERE BUDDY...
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Frank from Phx.Az.
I have shared this with a friend who is an electrician, a huge nerd, and who is always looking for new projects. thanks.
As a mechanic, I'm so glad to see a person such as yourself being creative and making something out of relatively nothing. When others your age are infatuated with call of duty in their parents basement, you'll be building a great life yourself. well done, and don't let up!
People this guys age would probably love to be doing stuff like this. Not everyone has 15k worth of tools and place to do it though. COD? Costs a $150 console and a free game. Lot easier to get into.
Awesome video, I too think it's great to see young minds at work. Keep at this and hopefully you become a better Engineer than we have today!
You have a passion .work for it for you have proved to have a lot of knowledge in that field.
Keep up the good job.
Honestly I've worked on motors but never thought of alternator conversion which sounds interesting.
Refreshing to see a young person with fabrication skills. Great job!
Smart, good looking, and apparently healthy. I am an old dog so I didn't catch a lot of what you were saying. But it was cool to watch and very refreshing to see a young person with such positive qualities.
Punchable face, eh?
Got to say I never thought of doing this really cool idea definitely thumbs up
No no no he never showed the rotor of the alternator, the alternator has permanent magnets, why he did not show the rotor, their is more to it
Don't want to come off a creepy but I swear we are from the same city/town, I recognize the figure 8, lol. My buddy lived in the one off the other street. I moved to Arizona for work and I needed something to keep my boys busy and I thing we have a project now, thank you.
Excellent workmanship and design! Thank you.
Awesome project. Btw I got the keychain, thanks.
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Hello good morning friend to know what type of alternator you used what features is the alternator and which brand thank you
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I seriously doubt this will work for very long. Stock alternators can't use much power either. This is likely an 80 amp alternator, which is less than a kilowatt. The bearings are not designed for this kind of torque either.
Sweet project!
A side note for the alternator:
You can also leave the diode bridge attached and have the DC output feed back into the field windings of the rotor. That way you don't have to have an external DC supply.
Bullshit dude. Do you not know the purpose of a diode?? Ya, they only allow electricity to flow in ONE direction. That is the sole purpose of diodes.
@@JM-yx1lm which is why you hook up the input wires between the diodes and the stator, not on the outside of the diodes. The connection on the outside of the diodes is what would lead to the rotor, and this output from the diodes leading to the input of the rotor NEEDS to be dc, which is why the diodes are actually beneficial. This idea would work just fine and is actually a pretty creative idea for regen braking too if you have some switching regulators, proper controllers, and protection circuitry in place.
@@JM-yx1lm you easily used BS when in fact you don't know what he mean or you just had a very little understanding on how the system was wired.
You all don't know what your talking about. You wire the diode in series with the bridge rectifier opposite of the primary phase Feild winding. The other fields you wire in parallel. Besides the resistor on the commutator only puts out 5 milliamps. 😜
@@JM-yx1lm Diodes have many purposes, unidirectional current flow (under 'normal' conditions) is only one property (although a universal one). LED, zener, tunnel, schottky... and some of these are useful precisely /because/ they conduct in a 'reverse' direction.
Thank-you for sharing, your experience and idea's in the designing of your cart.
Nice man, am wanting to build a cart of sorts but I’ve not got the expertise in rewriting motors lol, but am always learning. Good channel.
Cool project!
I am an electrician and I have always been told that the motors we wire are wye delta induction motors.
The induction winding is wye because the voltage is better over a longer distance but the the actual run winding is delta because it delivers more torque.
I would think torque would be desired on your drift trike.
I am anxious to see it.
Hi, can you explane me has alternator a brushed dc motor or brushless dc motor? in vids. 3:05 he said we put brush to the place but he used brushless speed controller. If I use alternator, What kind of speed controller I should use?
@@cahitabdullahmisirli8424 Alternators are a milestone piece of technology, and uses some clever technologies to achieve what they do. A typical DC brushed motor uses an arrangement of permanent magnets on the stator (around the outside) with two or more electromagnets rotating on the central shaft, and whose polarity is switched to ensure each electromagnet opposes the stator magnets. With me so far?
An alternator, on the other hand, just flips the concept inside out. Now you have coils for the outside stator with an electromagnet on the central shaft which gets DC power through a pair of slip rings and brushes - the rotor's magnetic/electric polarity is not switched with rotation as it does when using commutators.
When vehicles used generators for power, the speed of the engine would cause wildly-variable output voltages that were difficult to properly regulate. The alternator changed that, varying rotor speed was no longer a problem because very precise voltage-regulation is done by simply varying the voltage going to the rotor electromagnet. The strength of the rotor's magnetic field controls the energy induced into the stator's windings, and can precisely control the output power.
In this project, the DC power level of the alternator's rotor would be held constant, while the stator windings would be sequenced with varying speed and power levels to spin the output shaft accordingly.
Huge inspiration dude thumbs up!
I built an electric go-kart for Burning Man. As soon as you said 'I smelled something burning', I knew it was your battery terminal, as that is exactly where mine failed too. Nothing a little duct tape and spit couldn't fix though.
What an awesome detailed and well put together vid!!
Yeahh awesome video explaining all important details about re-wiring the motor windings, I like that you also mentioned the wye and delta configuration, it does make difference depending on the application.
SUBSCRIBED to your channel mate, if there are any questions about making 18650 packs just drop me a message.
*you'll need a good 5 or 6 cells in parallel minimum to deliver that current. A very common mistake is assuming is designing the pack around the "rated continuous current per cell" claimed by the 18650 manufacturers, if you get a "10A cell" and discharge at 10A continuous it will get EXTREMELY HOT, damage/cook random cells inside your pack.
Your controller will likely handle 14s or 52v nominal, you'll get a better top speed and a lot more POWAAAAAAAHHH
I love you bruno!
plz give an update on the feasibility of the electric road bike as a diy commuter
sieve5 hahaaa thaaaaanks mate!!!
Yes it's feasible converting a road bike, it's nice cause it's so light so it accelerates faster but I ALWAYS recommend people to convert MTB and use as a commuter. The reason is you're actually averaging much faster speeds and too speed too so you really need suspension and a fatter tyre. Potholes at 50kmh or faster on a skinny road bike you're lucky if you don't get pinch flat or hurt your wrist. Fat bike is AWESOME super fun but a bit overkill. Everyone likes different things, I still riding my road bike sometimes just for fun haha =]
That is actually what “sets” the phasing of a motor or alternator... how the windings are wired and in what configuration...
ElectricBike defiantly right on the li-ion batteries 6 sets parallel but if he has thr cash he can get samsung 25r 18650 batteries they are 20a continuous discharge 3 or 4 10s or 12s packs in parallel would be a great setup.
Well, I guess you could say that is one alternate way to power a go kart.
Tom Carrick lmao
😃🤣
Ba dum, Tshh
Isn’t this the part where some idiot says “I see what you did there”! 😂
MrChristianbowman82 yeah probably
Nice touch adding the keyway to the motor output.
I learned something new by that bit of workmanship
Awesome info...
Thanks for the lesson, Im going to build a motor, but use it with a solar charging/power~system to power a water feature.
I wish that dude was my neighbor 😁
I just imagined having him standing with the same face he have all the time in front of camera, just looking at me waving.
You are genius my friend !"
Thank you!"
Amazing!! Wonderful to spend a younger person practicing engineering skills in such a diligent and methodical manner.
You're a very smart man! I wish I had your brains to be able to build toys and more. Great stuff and enjoy!
we want more videos like this
thank you for the like
This is amazing, thank you
I finally understand what a 3 phase motor is thanks bro great video
Didn't know that gas soldering iron held enuf heat for big wires! Great vid! Thanks!
brazing is pretty strong but its definetelty not welding :-)
Awesome video man......very nice
Mr. Clifford Johnson is
After over a year, I finally chose to take this video off Watch Later. It's cool how you turned a *car* alternator into a motor for your electric go kart.
Very cool. Nicely presented
Yeah I need a neighbor like that. Now all we need is a electric para motor.
Creative!!! Nice job!
The world is yours, go get some 👍👍👍, you have great enthusiasm and so on expressing how it is good job champion
I would have never thought...what a good idea 👍🏻
super easy to follow! when its past christmas and i have some pocket money im gonna build one for my homemade pedal go kart
I would like to help
Just tell me an email so i can help with pictures and videos
Awsome video, and outstanding engineering skills and ability. Your work is inspiring and second to non! Lets hope more young men and women become as creative and talented
Oh wow! Great alternative use for an alternator! You are very smart and adorable, and I will be subscribing.
A+ this video is very well put together ! Nice job dude ! Very professional . You explain things in a easy to follow for your viewer's. 5 stars + I see you are using a butane powered soldering iron (weller) I have the same one which can be purchased at Westlake Hardware for around $25.00
Looks like a lot of work. We used to make electric bar stools using a battery and a car starter as the motor. Not very safe or stable, but still fun
I didnt understand any of this but it was awesome !
You must be an electrical engineer, amazing
Nice going.You are a man after my own heart(retired electric technician).I see you are using some stuff from Princess Auto and talk in Kilometers,must be Canadian.I'm in the Moncton area ,myself.A great video.
great job all round, thank you for sharing.
Parabéns, seu vídeo esta rodando o mundo.....
É uma pena que tenha inúteis que dão "deslikes" .
Congratulations!
Awesome video.
You should market your idea. You just invented an environmentally friendly Go Kart. No fuel, no emissions, no loud noise, and decently fast. Of course, you still have to work on the battery issue, but that’s gravy. I want one!!!
Cool, really love the idea and a brilliantly explained video. Not sure I'd want to be sitting with a lead acid battery in between my legs though.
A 40A fuse is designed to carry 40A not blow at 40A. Potentially it could carry 60A for nearly a minute.
Uh not normally. A 40 amp fuse can carry about 32 continuously
@@STRUTZKOFF As a retired ASE Master Tech, I can tell you that fuses are thermal devices. So they can open at 32 amp in a hot engine bay or 48 amps in a cooler cabin. These are sensitive to temperature and not so much current. I have a two page sheet that cover newer fuses starting with the ATC/ATO and up, but explains how they work, where they get their names, usage and a temperature chart from ACDelco.
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Fuses protect against surges not against continuous power
@@thecloneguyz there's fuses for both continuous power and for surges, that's why some fuses are called fast blow fuses and summer called slow blow fuses.
Your battery terminal most likely melted because the screw/bolt was not sufficiently tight. This causes the joint to have a high resistance. The power lost in the high resistance joint (R * I^2) will cause heating in the joint. At higher currents a loose joint can get hot enough to catch fire.
If you can rotate the lug/wire on the bolt using just your fingers, it is too loose.
I bet he is smart enough to know that. I'm for the high discharge rate.
@@bbstacker70 the motor and controller wires all have much smaller cross section than the battery terminal so they would burn up before the battery terminal. He also only shows one terminal burnt. If it was high current through the battery, both terminals would be similarly burnt.
Very clear, great job!
Awesome so just do what I would do for my rc's cheers for making that clear mate :) nice n tidy build you have done well !
You should connect a brushed DC speed controller between the lipo and the field winding. It gives you a very easy, simple and cheap way to vary the field current and thus the magnetic "gearing". High field current gives you high torque but low speed (due to big back-emf). Good for starting off and climbing hills. Low field current is for lower torque and significantly higher speed. Would make the setup better performing for very little extra cost and complexity. At these levels of power and voltage even an ESC designed for an R/C model can be used, and a simple "servo tester" can be used to provide the ESC with the "throttle" signal.
Is this why many motors have a centrifugal switch? I knew position 1 was for torque and position 2 was for high speed but I didn't know the theory behind how it worked. But I think my example demonstrates what you are explaining. Im on the verge of a Eureka moment when it comes to electricity, I just need to keep trying. Im a master at engines and mechanical things, just not electricity yet.
@@SquillyMon It might be, but depends on what kind of motor and implementation. Some AC motors, like large ones for air conditioner compressors, have a start capacitor they use to initially spin up the shaft. Once they reach close to running speed, the centrifugal switch takes the start capacitor out of the circuit (best research it on google books because hard to explain without diagrams). On some DC motors that switch can do many things - for example the field coil and rotor coil could be wired in parallel for starting (so high field current and high torque), then switched to series at higher speed (so lower current, lower back-emf and hence higher possible speed).
These days I don't think centrifugal switches are that popular. You can do a lot more using electronic control, which makes a mechanical switch kind of obsolete except in special cases.
Understood... The last example I saw was on a clothes dryer... I'm familiar with the capacitor start motors i.e. on my large Air Compressors. I literally dream about one day being able to think outside the box with electricity the way I can with machines/engines etc... Mechanical Mastery I've got. Electricity?...not even close.
Can you recommend any books or videos that might be able to give me a good foundation for electricity? I consider no material too simple...in fact, since I'm a simpleton, I'd like to start with simple. I actually just read from a book from the 1800's about Teslas many theories, A/C-D/C current, poly-phase motors etc...but it started to get over my head in a jiffy. Also another book from 1962 targeted for teaching 4H GIRLS about electricity!! LOL, They were actually quite informative... I don't care where the info comes from because its all good stuff in my opinion. As long as my curiosity fuels my desire for knowledge, I know I will become more proficient, because you have to stay curious!
No idea about books of the level you're looking for (I'm a mechanical engineer, not electrical, so my own textbooks are rather simplistic). The howstuffworks website was useful to me to get learning the basics but there are other, more dedicated websites that will teach you in greater detail. Here's one that describes the various methods of starting a single-phase AC motor (one of which is the capacitor system I mentioned in my other comment): circuitglobe.com/starting-methods-of-a-single-phase-induction-motor.html
Lots of good resources and info on that site. It's technical and complete, but not too complicated to follow along.
I really appreciate you taking time to respond, I will check it out!
Wow , now that is cool !
Very well done, not too much talking, good video quality and good subject too. Thumbs up!
Brilliant and well done😁👍Thank you!!
For anyone looking for easy, cheap and burnouts.
Just use a Toyota gear reduction starter, and dont use a controller, use a Ford starter solenoid instead, And a classic car horn button for the throttle.
As soon as you hit the horn button, your kart will be sideways and scare the shit out of you.
This method is by no means reliable, and probably unsafe, but it worked well for me and didn't require and modifications.
These parts can replace buying the module controller, motor, and throttle?
@William Giglio Would be nice .. id like to get more info on it.. .can you direct me to it? i'' appreciate it... so far i got some alternators converted already...
@@jakeprosser-WATER-HEATERS you're replacing a throttle controller and motor, with a button and on/off switch and motor.
When he's talking to the camera it reminds me of talking to someone in Elder Scrolls Oblivion
The uncanny valley is lovely this time of year
Reminds me of a ThunderBird marionette.
This is one of the reasons I love CZcams!!!
Genius! Very awesome thanks for your contribution.