In an effort to be continuously lean, I’m working on cutting down on some hardware and items that I have acquired and kept around because I thought I might use them some day. Seeing that they are all a sunk cost to me at this point, I’d like to offer them in return for a donation to VHS. Here are the items:
DC Motor and Gearbox
12 - 24 DC motor and gear box. 1000W max and will pull up to 200lbs at 120 ft/min @ 24V. This is used for pulling crab traps up. The original intention was to build a small crane for lifting bikes on my porch but I ended up not needing it.
I paid over $140 CDN to get it to my home (shipping is expensive!). Suggestion donation to VHS is $80.
@Brian_Stubbs do you have experience building E-bikes? We are trying to find a way to use donated batteries and one big idea is to make a Ebike conversion kit. If you have knowledge or experience, we would love your input.
I have some good experience with building battery packs, connecting brushless motors to to ESC, and controlling them. My preference has been to use the VESC controllers and interfacing them with either serial controllers from esp32 or analog pot.
I’ve never built an ebike exactly but I feel that my experience with building robots based on VESC (although more expensive but more more customizable) and brushless motors can certainly contribute significantly to an ebike conversion kit.
In all honesty, the market ebike conversion kits are likely more economical apart from the battery. Building quality battery packs with just a little bit of elbow grease can cut the cost of a battery pack in half.
Seems like @Majicj, @sampath, @dbynoe also have some great experience with ebikes, battery packs, and ESC. I’m happy to contribute however I can.
