Krazy Karl
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Hi id just kike to say this is my first post so please dont hate if i ask questions which have already been asked.
Okay so first off i just recently started working as an apprentice electrician and i love it and everything electrical.. so i want to build an electric kart.
i have read over some things on the site such as car starter conversion and i think i am quite capable of doing so.
here is what i would like my kart to be like... (please comment on specific things that are bad and i should stay away from if you notice any)
1-starter motor, converted. Some sort of additional cooling fan to help with cooling
2-smalls wheels for fast acceleration, pneumatic rubber for traction
3-belt driven for silence and ease of installation of pulleys as opposed to sprockets
4-engine pulley will be smaller then axle pulley for higher torque
5-possibly welded frame (just got a mig welder, yet to be hooked up and tested)
6.a- 12 volt, most likely two 12v deep cycle batteries wired parallel to increase ah (amp hours) as opposed to voltage
6.b-another option later on will be next time we re wire a school or commercial building i'l get the 12v batteries form the emergency lighting system. these i believe are lead acid batteries and are much smaller then regular 12v auto or deep cycle, and they have a pretty decent ah (for electrical code the emergency lighting is they must stay on for at least 22 min)
7- for a speed controller i was planning on using a variable speed drill trigger. has anyone done this? i figure the trigger on a drill regulates voltage (educated guess) seeing as with a DC engine voltage is directly proportional to speed of the engine so that would be the simplest way to do so. I was wondering if it would have to be a DC trigger or if it could be AC and run DC through it
8-somewhere down the line some type of re-gen system, maybe a car alternator. i figure that since car alternators need high RPM to produce power i would gear it so i would have as large of pulley i could fit on the rear axle while still maintaining ground clearance (for example if i use six inch tires, i would use a 5 inch pulley so there is ground clearance) and on the alternator itself have as small as pulley as possible
9-as cheap as possible of course haha
for ease of replying i added numbers to each point so please reply either in general or use the number as a reference so reply's will be easier to understand.
Thanks in advance!
Okay so first off i just recently started working as an apprentice electrician and i love it and everything electrical.. so i want to build an electric kart.
i have read over some things on the site such as car starter conversion and i think i am quite capable of doing so.
here is what i would like my kart to be like... (please comment on specific things that are bad and i should stay away from if you notice any)
1-starter motor, converted. Some sort of additional cooling fan to help with cooling
2-smalls wheels for fast acceleration, pneumatic rubber for traction
3-belt driven for silence and ease of installation of pulleys as opposed to sprockets
4-engine pulley will be smaller then axle pulley for higher torque
5-possibly welded frame (just got a mig welder, yet to be hooked up and tested)
6.a- 12 volt, most likely two 12v deep cycle batteries wired parallel to increase ah (amp hours) as opposed to voltage
6.b-another option later on will be next time we re wire a school or commercial building i'l get the 12v batteries form the emergency lighting system. these i believe are lead acid batteries and are much smaller then regular 12v auto or deep cycle, and they have a pretty decent ah (for electrical code the emergency lighting is they must stay on for at least 22 min)
7- for a speed controller i was planning on using a variable speed drill trigger. has anyone done this? i figure the trigger on a drill regulates voltage (educated guess) seeing as with a DC engine voltage is directly proportional to speed of the engine so that would be the simplest way to do so. I was wondering if it would have to be a DC trigger or if it could be AC and run DC through it
8-somewhere down the line some type of re-gen system, maybe a car alternator. i figure that since car alternators need high RPM to produce power i would gear it so i would have as large of pulley i could fit on the rear axle while still maintaining ground clearance (for example if i use six inch tires, i would use a 5 inch pulley so there is ground clearance) and on the alternator itself have as small as pulley as possible
9-as cheap as possible of course haha
for ease of replying i added numbers to each point so please reply either in general or use the number as a reference so reply's will be easier to understand.
Thanks in advance!
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