How to Fix an Electric Motor – Fault Finding Does the Motor Smell? If the motor smells horrible, it’s usually a bad sign. It’s often because the motor has got too hot. The windings (wire) in an electric motor are covered in a varnish. The insulation is often made of plastic and...
We don’t recommend riding a dual-motor electric scooter in a single-motor mode and as such, we recommend that you replace the faulty controller as fast as possible. Riding with a single motor is a sure path towards straining that motor and damaging the other controller, or in the worst ...
You're all set to have some fun with your electric radio-controlled car only to discover it won't move. You have good batteries in the vehicle and the transmitter and you've turned on the ON switch—still, nothing. If your RC won't move forward or backward, there are a couple of t...
The Importance of Electric Motor Testing Electric motor testing is critical to ensuring the machines we depend on are reliable, efficient, and safe. These tests — conducted throughout the stages of an electric motor’s life cycle — provide essential information about the motor’s overall health...
How To Fix a Vacuum That Overheats Step 5 Start your electric motor. You will find it sparks for a while around the brushes until they bed in. Your motor won't operate at full power immediately, but leave it running for a while and once the brushes are bedded in the motor will opera...
Controlling electric motor speed is as “simple” as controlling the amount of electrical power delivered to the motor. In the following article, we are going to assume that we are looking at a steady state condition where there is no acceleration. To be more precise, for a given mechanical...
In an electric motor, the energy in the electrons creates a magnetic field, and this field can interact with other magnets (through magnetic attraction and repulsion) to create motion. Because motors are so important to everyday activities and because they are, in essence, a generator working ...
In 1992, EPRI’s Nuclear Maintenance Application Center developed an electric motor predictive and preventive maintenance guide. This guide, outlined a complete maintenance program for various electric motors based on size and bearing type. Part of this maintenance program offered guidance on regreasing...
Caring for an electric bike is easier than you may think. Check out our handy guide to learn how to clean an e-bike, e-bike battery maintenance and more.
Traditional vehicles “coast” when you remove your foot from the accelerator pedal. One-Pedal Driving uses the electric motor to capture energy from the vehicle’s motion to recharge the battery and quickly slow down the car. When you need to stop suddenly in an emergency, you should still ...