Recent content by Rhodey

I've made an electric go kart for kids. It's a 24v 240w motor, 2 sla 12v 7ah batteries wired in series. Potentiometer speed control. I had a 6 pin forward reverse switch, that melted. Replaced the switch then the Hont Ht1007 switch from a drill I made into throttle pedal melted. Where am I...

I have a 24v 240w motor which I believe would make it 10amp. I'm going to be using leisure batteries for the power. Normally batteries use quite thick cables but the cables on the controller I brought from ebay has really thin wires. The controller is rated to 60v 20amp so I'm sure it will work...

I'm making a 24v elec kart for my kids from scrap parts. I wondered what parts to use as a throttle. I had a linear potentiometer but it was old and burned out on the terminal. I have brought a voltage regulator with rotary potentiometer for overall speed control for when kids are on it. But I...

I've built my first go kart for kids using a mobility scooter motor. It's 24v 240w 2000rpm. I originally put to car batteries on it and it barely moved, as I last hope I attached my two makita 18v batteries and although it destroyed the batteries I ran brilliantly and fast for about 15 mins. My...