Dose any one know what type of motor a golf cart uses.
36-48V 2-8HP electric motors. Some need controllers up to 400A. Maybe can provide more info if you ask what you are trying to know.
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i have searched googel but it didn't answer my question. What do the 4 leads on the motor do
If they've got 4 leads, then it's probably 2 leads for the field windings and 2 wires for the armature. The field windings take the place of the magnet normally used in DC motors. You can run these in parallel or series, but for lower power motors, they're normally shunt wired,
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It's becoming more common for electric vehicles to use an AC motor driven with an inverter rather than a DC motor for increased efficiency and reliability but this applies more to cars than small vehicles like golf buggies.
Brushed DC motors are still the norm on carts.
the reason for bringing all 4 leads out (field and armature) is to be able to reverse the motor.
paul
You also may have leads for an integrated tach sensor. Though these will be much smaller gauge.
Once I came across a dc motor of a small electric cart with 4 leads. 2 for powering the motor and 2 for an electro-mechanical brake inside the motor.
Once I came across a dc motor of a small electric cart with 4 leads. 2 for powering the motor and 2 for an electro-mechanical brake inside the motor.
Are you sure the extra leads were for the break? They're more likely to be for the field winding.
Once I came across a dc motor of a small electric cart with 4 leads. 2 for powering the motor and 2 for an electro-mechanical brake inside the motor.
Are you sure the extra leads were for the break? They're more likely to be for the field winding.
I agree. These can be used as a regen brake with the right controller, but they are still just the normal windings.
Once I came across a dc motor of a small electric cart with 4 leads. 2 for powering the motor and 2 for an electro-mechanical brake inside the motor.
Are you sure the extra leads were for the break? They're more likely to be for the field winding.
They are for an electromagnetic brake-this is for smaller motors though, almost all motors used for applications such as mobility scooters have them
Care to post a link to such a motor.
the golf cart is an old version with relays for the control, it doesn't seem to be a brake any one have an idea.
the golf cart is an old version with relays for the control, it doesn't seem to be a brake any one have an idea.
Are you sure they aren't separate armature and field windings?
tats what i think it is but i don't know what pin dose what.
Are all the wires the same gauge? And the best step would be to measure the resistance between all the wires
I would expect the break to have a higher resistance and the same is probably true for the field winding.
Once I came across a dc motor of a small electric cart with 4 leads. 2 for powering the motor and 2 for an electro-mechanical brake inside the motor.
Are you sure the extra leads were for the break? They're more likely to be for the field winding.
Yes, I took apart the motor. The system looked alike like the one found on large ac asynchronous motors.
Like the one above. The thing is that this one was inside the motor, you couldn't tell right away that it had a brake. E.g this type of brake, on a.c. motors usually, is like an extra part on the motor (see picture bellow).
House,
Can you take a picture of the motor and post it here?
I figured it, out it is power for the rotor and power for the stator.
schematic