ChamomileMotorbike
New Member
Hi Guys, new to the forum, I had a question about creating a circuit for a new project I want to undertake.
While driving to work after the Hurricane this past week, I found two powerwheel children's toys in the parking lot of my work. Seemingly someone had just dumped them by the dumpster. Unfortunately they did not have the batteries in them but I figured let me grab the motors for a project I've had in mind for sometime. An Electric Bicycle. To my surprise inside the powerwheel toys there were two 12v 12,000 rpm motors connected to either rear wheel.
So now instead of an easy or common strap it to the frame and put a sprocket on it type project I'm trying to think if its worthwhile doing a dual motor setup. The best concept at this point is attaching both motors on the back of the bicycle on the little loading tray my schwinn bicycle has. Mount them there, facing either side of the bike, and chain drive down to the rear wheel where I'll have to figure out how to mount on either side.
It is a 10 speed bike so there are sprockets there to attach to. Now here come the questions.
I need to see if I can remove the sprockets that are there for the 10 speed, and place one on either side of wheel to be driven by the motors. Not sure if that's a reality.
The main question is, is it worth using two 12v motors for this project. Will it give any reasonable speed (say above 5mph)?
Will two 12v motors be considered a 24v system if I wire them in series? I hope to run it off of 2 motorcycle gel type batteries.
Lastly what should I look for as far as a controller, is it necessary or can I simply wire a rheostat into the circuit?
While driving to work after the Hurricane this past week, I found two powerwheel children's toys in the parking lot of my work. Seemingly someone had just dumped them by the dumpster. Unfortunately they did not have the batteries in them but I figured let me grab the motors for a project I've had in mind for sometime. An Electric Bicycle. To my surprise inside the powerwheel toys there were two 12v 12,000 rpm motors connected to either rear wheel.
So now instead of an easy or common strap it to the frame and put a sprocket on it type project I'm trying to think if its worthwhile doing a dual motor setup. The best concept at this point is attaching both motors on the back of the bicycle on the little loading tray my schwinn bicycle has. Mount them there, facing either side of the bike, and chain drive down to the rear wheel where I'll have to figure out how to mount on either side.
It is a 10 speed bike so there are sprockets there to attach to. Now here come the questions.
I need to see if I can remove the sprockets that are there for the 10 speed, and place one on either side of wheel to be driven by the motors. Not sure if that's a reality.
The main question is, is it worth using two 12v motors for this project. Will it give any reasonable speed (say above 5mph)?
Will two 12v motors be considered a 24v system if I wire them in series? I hope to run it off of 2 motorcycle gel type batteries.
Lastly what should I look for as far as a controller, is it necessary or can I simply wire a rheostat into the circuit?