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In this video, we delve into how a DC motor works! For this project, we used a serieswound DC motor originally salvaged from an electric forklift.
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For some great ideas on different vehicles converted to electric, check out the listing at the EV Album! http://www.evalbum.com

This video is one segment of an instructional video I created in 2010 from a homebuilt electric car I made in 2008. Of course, battery and motor technology has advanced quickly since then, and affordable, commerciallybuilt, Electric Vehicles are now a reality.

This video series covers ONE lowtech and simple way of converting a car to electric. Many of these same ideas and techniques still apply to gokarts, motorcycles, boats, and lots of other projects. We hope that you enjoy watching these videos and learn a little something from them.

A simple electric car conversion project like this one uses
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A motor controller up to 144V: https://amzn.to/394QyUh
A DC SeriesWound motor (9inch diameter typical): https://amzn.to/2TlqYUv
Battery Charger to match your pack voltage: https://amzn.to/2Toe0Fl
On this car, we used a simple power inlet: https://amzn.to/3abNWnI
But that also meant we needed to design a separate circuit to disable the ability to drive while pluggedin. That's a built in feature of the now standard J1772 connection used in modern commerciallybuilt cars.
J1772 Inlet: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40000...
You would then pair that with a standard J1772 EVSE: https://amzn.to/387ixRW
I show the internal connections you need for the J1772 communications at: https://300mpg.org'>https://300mpg.org/2015/03/31/thediy...

For a nice forum thread on what to look for in searching for a forklift motor to repurpose for an EV, please see the following link:
https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums...

Yes, we know there's a spider in the video. People love to comment as though they are the only one who has ever seen the spider. You can now follow the spider on Twitter.
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