Saturday 18 June 2011

Motor Problems

Well, I got everything hooked up on the bench, and it all works, kind of. It's *much* noisier in reverse, and seems to draw a lot more current than when going forward.


However the big problem I encountered was the motor randomly stalling. This most often happened when trying to reverse the motor. I swapped the controllers with the same result, then I tried the other motor - it wasn't as bad, but still often happened when engaging reverse. The motor simply won't move, despite the clamp meter showing 200A going in to the motor (I've got the controller limiting the motor current to 50%).

Usually engaging forwards will get the motor to spin, but with the first motor I tried, it was possible to have the motor stalled in both directions.

This is a serious concern, as at the moment there's virtually no load on the motor - just the gearbox - I'd hate to think how bad it'll be when it has to move the machine. This can't be normal...

Video below - the first part shows the setup, the stalling issue is at about 1:25

2 comments:

  1. pourquoi pas changer juste le moteur pour un électrique et garder
    tous le système hydraulique

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  2. Salut. The existing transmission and steering system used v-belts as clutches and required significant physical effort to operate. Also the motor ran continuously. After the conversion, steering with joysticks is effortless, and once the machine stops, the motors stop, making the machine silent, and consumes no power.

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