May 26, 201411 yr Author so any idea how they get a motor labelled 350w to be considered to be 250w? Is there some restriction that can be set in the motor itself?
May 26, 201411 yr Those motor ratings are a bit arbitrary. 350w rating really means that the motor maker designed it to run continuously at that power consumption, without melting. They also probably built in a safety factor, so it will probably run at a continuous 500w quite happily. So it's not really a power rating, more a maximum power safe limit. It's all about the controller, and how much current it supplies to the motor.
May 26, 201411 yr Enndee,did you buy your bike from Kudos Direct or a dealer? Your motor is 250 watts power, because these motors are primarily bought for the USA market they are all marked 350 watts but by judicious use of the electronics we detune this to EN15194 250 watts,we only built a small quantity of Typhoons so had to accept the motor body laser engraved with 350 watt,but a sticker should cover this to the correct 250 watts,it is possible the Chinese failed to fit the sticker on your bike. If you make contact with your dealer or Kudos,they will supply you with another sticker. The Arriba,Tornado and Escape models were produced in much higher volumes so it was easier on those models to get the Chinese to laser engrave the motors with the correct 250 watt markings. Trust that answers your question. KudosDave
May 26, 201411 yr Author Yes that makes sense. It was just all the talk about the motor needing to be labelled 250w which made it catch my attention.
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