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Originally Posted by Daox
Nice tractor! I like how you were able to tuck the batteries under the hood.
What do you use the tractor for? What gauges do you have there?
As far as the motor goes, you can probably add a blower fan to it and have it suck air through the motor to allow it to handle the higher power output than it was designed for. I've been told as long as you can hold your hand on the motor after running it its okay. If you can't, you're running too hot.
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The batteries fit in pretty good, you could get 1 more in there but it would be tight.
I did this conversion to see if I could do it and make it work.
The gauges are just automotive meters, 0to14 for volts and -60,0,+60 for the amps.
Maximum the motor draws is about 60amps, this is from a dead stop, on hi power, 5th gear going uphill. So I figure it's about 1400, 1500watts, 2hp.
Driving on the level it draws about
30amps on low power and
45amps on high power.
The motor is a sealed unit and it does get too hot to put your hand on, so it's days are limited.
Some more pictures including the charger I use.
