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Repairing a self contained bicycle motor

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Conundrum
Sat Apr 09 2011, 07:34PM Print
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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Hi all.

Just found a 300W electric bike motor which doesen't work.

I noticed that although the active circuitry is encased in resin the Hall sensors are mounted to a PCB and the wiring is accessible.

Reckon its possible to attach wires to this and drive it from a spare working controller?
Seems a shame to discard a perfectly good core and magnet assembly just because the potted driver is fried.

Already confirmed that the sensors are correctly powered, the only possible cause I can think of is that the driver IC has blown.

-A
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radiotech
Wed Apr 20 2011, 12:33AM
radiotech Registered Member #2463 Joined: Wed Nov 11 2009, 03:49AM
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Can you get to the wires from the coils? Does it spin freely?
Turning it slowly, and using a compass, can you determine how
may pairs of poles the magnets have? If you can intercept the coil wires, spin the shaft, measure the voltage, then see what value
resistor effects dynamic braking when switching. try on each coil set.
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James
Wed Apr 20 2011, 12:45AM
James Registered Member #3610 Joined: Thu Jan 13 2011, 03:29AM
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 506
Potting is not impregnable. I routinely repair potted HeNe laser power supplies using a heat gun and various pointy tools to remove the epoxy resin from the area of the problem.
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Conundrum
Thu Apr 21 2011, 08:25AM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
Location: CI, Earth
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heh.. might try that.

I suspect that the motor is OK, it might even be a simple fuse which has failed as there is no motor drive whatsoever.

Thanks for the tips!

-A
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