Will a Forklift Motor work for my VW Bug Electric Conversion?
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- #DIYEV the Motor - VW Bug Electric Conversion
This is a bit about my experience as a non-engineer fumbling my way through converting an old VW from gas to electric power. I got inspiration from 300mpg.org/ and evbmw.com/
with lots of help from www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/
More good info at: www.electric-cars-are-for-gir...
Forklift dismantling info at: www.diyelectriccar.com/forums...
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This looks like its going to be a great series to watch, already looking forward to the next installment
Thanks for this video.
It is great to have an insight into your other projects :).
Been looking forward to this, Doc! 👍👍
Hahaha EXCELLENT!!! This is why I love your channel. I'm an unrepentant gadget guy, much to my wife's chagrin. Unfortunately, most of what I make is only operable by me as you have to stand on one leg, close the left eye, cross two toes on the right foot, and hold your breath to get it to work... But hey...
Wait, I came for the floating head!!!
I can see you were having fun!!😉 keep up the good work!
Your my kind of guy. I've also been learning as i go. I'm not talented at maths so it's a stretch but I'm persistent and that's key. Not giving up.
wow! Can't wait for next episode!
3:38 - Thanks for the shoutout :p. Glad it was helpful to you. A shame you paid to have the motor refurbished before you checked it with a proper battery. Another thing you could've done was just getting it started by spinning it with your hand. :/
32kw is plenty for a conversion. I drive with a 30kW motor and my inverter peaks at 24kW 100A limit at 240V. The car is 1800lb so quite spiffy, if I need to show off. So you'll not be dissapointed by performance. If the motor really 200lb as you think, it is around 4 times heavier than it needs to be, so I suspect the 32kW limit in the forklift fuse is to conserve battery and not the real power of the motor. More likely this motor can take 90kW for 5 seconds and 20kW continiously, far more than you need. Look up the specs on the motor nameplate or google it.
Good you go straight into detail rather than guff on and on like some do. Like it!
Great Stuff...thanks man...most of these conversion chaps overlook the detail of the motor
Great video man, I'm unsure of what motor I can use to turn a petrol into a hybrid, preferably something small but with enough power to make a noticeable difference in MPG, anything you could suggest would be most helpful.
Thanks Aidan
Great video! Nicely done.
Thank you very much!
i thought you where from utah because I remember seeing a ksl ad for that place with all the forklifts. then you showed that guy danny's thing and I saw sandy utah which proved me right. :D
Good job.. I hope I can do it someday.
4:06, "these engines are heavy"
Hey DrZzs really appreciate it.
Where or what motor I can get dc motor for ebike..?
Awesome video.
As I’m a bit older than a number of you and your audience a simple tool to add to your E-Car toolbox is a starter test switch. Keeps you insulated from the amps needed to successfully test an complete your projects. No one wants to play Smokey in front of the kids! Great work.
why dc harmless, its 12v coils to be aware of & theres none in an EV.
The Mitsubhsi Imiev uses a 24kW 300V 3 phase water cooled forklift motor which can be overdriven to 45kW without too many problems (that's the rated output of the car)
This is so realistic, even for UA-cam
i am planning to use for power tiller in fields cultivation, in fields speed not required but the load(capability, power) is required... what is your comment DrZzs please reply.
I'm out here in Utah as well, I'm also doing this conversion on a Vw. I'll be looking for more of your videos, hopefully it'll help me.
Im also in utah and want to do this conversion on my baja bug
@@HarrisonLucas convert the bug to a trike ( motorcycle swing arm ) . Use a chain drive to rear wheel.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊 Best Video, was searching for this. Please do more on this. Other options and where one can harvest motors 🎉🎉🎉from scrapyards
Thank you! We have a lot of things planned. Stay tuned!
great journey and thanks for sharing - would not have thought that the battery would not have enough A cause starter batteries usually have a lot of A.
Very true! Thanks for watching!
Some parts of this video made me dizzy. But soooo much better with the tripod.
''well that will teach ya'' best laugh i had this week
Hi. Great stuff DrZzs! Could you please help me locate a supplier for Forklift motor and speed controller? Thanks and regards. Shmuel.
doc. the leaf motor is in for my conversion. the bits needed for that are fairly cheap right now too.
I'd love to hear more about it. I just watched Ben Nelson take apart the Leaf motor. I think a wrecked leaf would be a great way to do a classic car conversion.
@@DrZzs as soon as the motor arrives (should be Tuesday) youll have measurements and all the data i can find in discord. apparently its possible to make an adapter for them to change the bolt pattern to a warp 9 bolt pattern which would make them compatible with the adapter plates on places like ev west and thunderstruck motors.
Where the heck do you find a forklift graveyard? Lol I'm in Atlanta, Im sure there's a couple within a few miles of me lol
I would guarantee there is one somewhere close to you in Atlanta! Happy hunting!
How did you mean to run that motor with such small bateries
How can a 48v 10A forklift motor handle hundreds of amps and volts?
yes, indeed,... I'm an arrangeer too..... ;-)
If you run the armature at the rated voltage you can probably run the main coil at a higher voltage than 48v to get more power and top speed right?
I'm not sure about that. I haven't heard of using two different voltages in a series wound motor. I'll have to look into that. thanks!
@@DrZzs Series Wound Motors use the same voltages for both the field and armature. They are designed that way.
I'm gone watch.
You could use a greabox & mount it transverse
I bet Danny laughs everytime he sees this video.
Just kidding. Don´t feel bad. That junkyard piece would have left you stranded probably in a few months in the middle of the road. I am an engineer, and my dad refurbished myriads of similar motors. Danny surely changed bearings, make sure all of the weldings in the armature coils are working and sturdy, and applied a good lacquer in the stationary coils (in a motor that age it is very needed as this lacquer degrades on time). This was needed, and cleaning up your engine bay in a rebuilt is a necessity. I mean, if you´re going to tear everything apart why not cleaning and painting even with a can spray?
Danny could have saved you a lot of trouble downstream, trust me. Take the word from a maintenance engineer for 15 years.
the tiny 12 volt 4 amp hour batt for 300 amp motor lol
Danny ripped you off. Expensive paint job.
You are so right about that. Live and learn.
Where is the “forklift heaven?” Like, how did you find a place like that? I’m not able to find a forklift junkyard on the east coast and I think m just not googling the right things to find it. In the end, were you able to reach highway speeds and reliability with your project?
I think it's hilarious that you thought a little 12 volt battery would run that giant forklift motor...
now you tell me!?!?!
First! Oh wait its not a live stream
The race is on!
Volts don't mean anything it's the amount of amperage that that battery pack can put out if it's only a hundred amp hour battery it's going to peak somewhere around 150 200 that motor may require a thousand amps just to start spinning make sure you read the label if there isn't one then call your guy back LOL
i have a 48 dcv motor, and that motor you have as to be closer to a 80 dcv
HI THERS A NEOPRENE? MULTI COUPLER FOR MOTOR TO BOX , ITS FLEXIBLE TOO AND UNBREAKABLE,
Where do I find this?
@@DrZzs I SAW IT ON A UA-cam VIDEO ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WHEN A GUY WAS PUTTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN A CAR, I KEPT THE VIDEO AND WHEN I FIND IT ON BOOKMARKS ILL LET YOU KNOW , HE WAS USING CAR BATTERIES NOT A TESLA POWER PACK
AC Electric Car Conversion 101 part 001@@DrZzs ITS CALLED A LOVEJOY COUPLER AND HAS DIFFERENT SIZES FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS BUT THEY ARE INTERCHANGABLE SO THEY FIT ANY BOX TO MOTOR , HOPE THIS HELPS
Problem is my little project has a more unique donor vehicle (so no kit option), a Kaiser M725 Military ambulance all original 24v system and I'm just trying to figure out what I would need to get top speed of 45mph and a range of 100 miles.
Is your goal an hybrid or all electric?
Is your goal an hybrid or all electric?
Is your goal an hybrid or all electric?
@@hamadilawson4396 All electric
So Danny never tested the motor at first? Or you just wanted it rebuilt?
This is just a hypothetical idea to loose the battery aspects of electrical vehicular propulsion and recharging systems of these type of ev's!?! I'm pretty sure you can create an electric motor that has half the axle of the motor making the electricity to begin with, and separated by completely insulated wall inside the main electric motor container with the single axle going down the center of it, that would on the other side of the insulation wall in the center of the container allow the other side to be the side of the electric motor generator to actually produce the action of the whole axle spinning by the produced energy on the other half of the axle separated by the insulated wall so that the separate partitions of the container are simply self-powered instantly active upon being triggered to begin the whole affair between the units two axle's dual implementation of a dynamo generator coupled on the same axle with the action creating electric motor turbine, or whatever you want to call it, I am pretty sure this is doable, and the most simple design that I have ever come up with today that covers all the bases of the b******* that are system has been a run on for years!!? Thank you and may our common sense and logic awaken, and if you cannot get my logic or my grammatical syntax and the contextual meaning of what I have just shared, then please tell me about it and I will do a walk through again and do diagrams if I must!? Enjoy;)
Have you integrated it into Home Assistant yet? 😆
How did you thought about a 12 v 7 ah battery can spin a fork lift motor ? 🤦♂️😂
I believe forklift motors are 36 volts
Crap, in my country its almost impossible to get anything even barely modified road legal.
Usually its just the frame that has to be certified
Only a 48 volt LOL that's four times more power required
Danny should have had the same test with his battery and not go through the expensive rebuild.
I don't have 15K for a kit...
Sure, if you are happy to go not much faster than a fork lift
I found a 5-7 hp 36v motor on Craigslist for 120 dollars 😃, I'm picking it up tomorrow, I'll try to mount it on a motorcycle
Ever do it?
I bet Mr. china took a lot of this young mans money, took a motor that all ready worked, shined up the com bars with some dollar store scotch pads, and spray bombed it with some dollar store grey paint and TOLD him he fixed it.
ya, I'm pretty sure you're right. Curse you Danny! I trusted you!!!!
I would of known to try a bigger battery instead of that little battery.
Poor lil battery
First
no way you need to buy a 100K tesla
Amen! no 2nd-mortgage-on-the-house-to-buy-a-fancy-car for me :)
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