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Alas, after about a mile the motor gave up on me again. @neptune I have have been running the motor with a 10A fuse and so far it has remained intact. Once more, I unmounted the wheel, powered it up, and this time nothing. I popped off the motor cover. Still nothing. I then realised that this...

Once again, the motor runs well off of the frame. I decided to deconstruct the motor a little and removed the central core from the hub casing. I did note that the securing nut for the axle was very loose, although not undone and wondered if this was the cause of the problem (maybe introducing a...

Finally, I had a chance to test drive the bike today. As a new experience, there was so much for me to take in. I didn't have my GPS logger enabled, but under motor power only, it managed about 15 on the flats and 8 on a moderate incline. I have somehow managed to screw up my brakes (one pad on...

I'll soon be smiling about having everything operational, but I'm not sure about that sunset - the weather looks like it's going to be atrocious this weekend. I agree. The motor is probably best left be until I experience another problem with it. It's strange because when I was experiencing the...

Having been woken from a gratuitous lay-in by the postie this morning, I now have the pannier rack in my hands, so full steam ahead today. I've had time to contemplate the source of the problem I experienced with the hub motor. Could it have been caused by over-tightening the axle nuts?

WTF? IT WORKS!!!!!!!! I feel like I've just invented the wheel :cool: Following my last test, I reattached the wheel to the frame, powered it up and to my surprise, all is as it should be. Could there be a loose connection in the motor somewhere? Hopefully my pannier rack arrives tomorrow and...

Realising that I was probably pushing my luck, I tried the spin test again while holding the axle tight in my hand against the floor for longer and the WHEEL spins great. Throttling up slowly, I ran it for about a minute at full speed and it's pretty smooth. There is a different sort of clunking...

Right, I think I've got what is good news. I tried something that I know I shouldn't have, but did it anyway. Without having the wheel mounted to anything, and with the hub cover off, I powered it up and tried a quick blip on the throttle. The central core of the hub (can't remember the propper...

I have tried this and can report no faults as described in your description (multimeter reads infinitely high).

Neptune, I've looked at the windings up close and your explanation makes sense - there are 18 individual windings, so that means 6 sets of 3 as per the sequence in your explanation. What is less clear is where I'm meant to probe. Do I need to remove the insulation of the input wires or can I...

Wow! Thanks Neptune. What a great explanation that is. I had found the information elsewhere, but yours is SO much easer to digest. I'm going to dive in with my multimeter shortly. Fingers crossed that all is well with the motor. From what I understand, these motors are pretty robust and there...

Thanks for confirming that I'm not a complete idiot :) I have tried spinning the wheel prior to opening the throttle, but it makes no difference. I opend up the hub motor a little earlier to take a look at the windings, but I can't figure out where one winding ends and the next begins. This...

Another note I should probably add is that I'm not currently using the propper connectors for either the battery to controller connection or the controller to motor connection - I have simply stuffed bare wires into the connectors. The motor connectors are getting warm (but not hot) in just a...

I have just had a little back-and-forth email with the supplier and I am now more confused than ever. I am left questioning my whole understanding of electronics! This is how I understood it: Current is drawn from the motor, not pushed from the battery if you will. Assuming the motor draws...

I just tried alternative motor phase combinations, but got next to no movement from the motor. This leads me to believe that the phasing is correct as is. The wiring diagram is generic for all controllers the manufacturer makes and my controller doesn't feature these automatic study wires...

On the advice of the controller supplier who suggested that the battery setup (2x 7ah @ 12v in series) might not be able to deliver the required current, I tried a 2 series / 2 parallel arrangement, but am still having the same problem. While the motor is operating for the couple of seconds it...

Thank you Scimitar, but damn, I've just realised that I don't have a socket deep enough for my torque wrench. It'll have to be by feel with a regular spanner for now.

Haha! I literally lol'd. As I said, "no smoke or funny smells". Is that a polite way of telling me to google it? :p

I took a trip to the post office this morning to collect some goodies; a new controller, throttle and PAS sensor: Work never went as slowly as I couldn't wait to get home and make some serious headway on the ghEttoBIKE :) I removed the old wheel and moved the 5 speed freewheel onto the hub...

I took the plunge and ordered the items listed in the previous post. They should be here towards the end of the week. Now I'm really excited about the possibility of having my electric bike up and running next weekend :)