[ausev] [Aceaa] interesting GE DC motor on Ebay

[Nick Viera]

Hi John and all,

All personal feelings aside, Chris Robison's advice in this motor 
discussion is both logical and sound... and if you dismiss it you 
probably will find yourself with a lot of time and/or money invested in 
achieving dismal results.

With that said, I feel that Chris is being really humble about his 
knowledge and experience with EVs... for example, he has been a primary 
player in quite a few EV conversions, and I know that without his help 
and advice (and Mark Farver and Aaron Choate's, and many others), my 
Jeep conversion probably would have failed or still be stuck somewhere 
in the process.

I think that what this all comes down to is that there are many design 
considerations (such as motor selection) that arise during an EV 
conversion which are more complex than they first appear. People have 
the tendency to want to oversimplify things and/or jump to the first 
"solution" because it takes less time and effort (Yes, I'm also 
impatient =])

But you should try to fully understand the issue at hand before making a 
decision, because the extra time spent learning about and understanding 
the issue now will save you a lot of time, money, and heartache when it 
comes time to DriveEV! I learned this the hard way! =]

Just My 0.333 kWh worth,
-- 
-Nick
1988 Jeep Cherokee 4x4 EV
http://www.DriveEV.com/
http://www.ACEAA.org/
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loopcat wrote:
> Chris, no offence, but u were the guy that told me that my GE-11" was " inappropriate for
> EV use". Come to find out that 3 EXPERTS (Lee Hart, George Hamsta from Warp, and Otmar from Zilla) ALL told me that the motor was GREAT for EV use! And that an 8" motor (your suggestion) was a bad idea!
> Chris, do u own/drive an EV? Last time I check, u ABANDONED your project!! So forgive me if I don't trust a damned thing u say!!
> John Stuart..