Recent content by Alex.L

Thank you so much yet again Sid! I haven't got any experience of these powerful motors

And I just realized something. I'm guessing it's on or off running a starter motor? Not sure what kind of controller would handle the power. Or is there any way to limit the current drawn by the motor? If I hooked it up with, say a 40A controller, would the controller limit the current or would...

I think it's from an older Volvo, but don't really know as I was given it. About the disassembly. I more or less had to if I wanted the brushes to stay on the commutator. And also, I didn't know the state of it before hand. Good thing though as all the grease had solidified and/or was absent. I...

Thank you again for a very educational reply! Ah, I misunderstood what you meant by commutation. I've never considered changing the layout of the brushes, I might have been unclear about that. It's a parallel connection, the "positive"brushes are only connected to the breakout lead and isolated...

Hey Sid, Thanks for your reply! Will consider the insulation, thanks for the tip. I do want reverse in this case, but I'm afraid I'm not following you after "two identical terminals". I tried taking better photos to show what I mean. That the brushes are bunched up, on one side it's 2 positives...

Hi, Long time reader but never posted. I'm trying to convert a starter motor as shown in the guide on this site. But my motor looks different than the one in the guide. Instead of opposite brushes, mine are paired up. So two are connected to each other and the to solenoid and two are ground...