Hi guys.
Long time listener first time caller,
I suppose I should introduce myself.
I’m Dean Low Guido, I’m a snowboarder who was looking for some way to stay on board during summer time.
I started building e-skateboards and never looked back.
I know some of you have seen my instagram photos @dlg_in_hell
but for those who haven’t I have built about 5 different boards here is my latest:
I took the above board for a battery test today.
its got a 6S2P 8000mAh battery and I got a 22km trip out of it. I must admit that my knees were almost going to give out before the battery would.
Im pretty happy with the distance It will get me to and from work twice on 1 charge.
That’s a decent trip! legs definitely start to get sore at around the 20km mark… so about 170Wh battery with 7.8 Watt hours per kilometer, do you know your average speed?
I like your headlights, should do a little build thread showing how you made them
nice ride bro i just googled my return trip and i need a range off 22km to get to and from wrk your build it tight and tidy may i have some other specs please
Thanks mate,
im running a 280kv SK3 motor with 8000mAh 6S lipo
HK 150A ESC and a 100A breaker for a power switch.
max speed on flat is 32km/h max range with the 8000’s is 22km.
I have just added another pack making the total 16000mAh so I’m guessing around 44km range.
standard kingpin 180mm trucks with 6mm aluminum flat plate motor bracket welded to truck.
deck is a 9 ply cruiser with carbon fibre style vinyl wrap
and the container is custom made from carbon fibre.
I think that pretty much covers all aspects of my build.
You use a circuit breaker? Like one for an electrical panel? That’s clever. Maybe I’ll try that when I start my build in the spring when I have available funds to do so.
its a little bit big, but it does the job and its very affordable.
all of my other builds I have just had a deans connector to the battery that I simply unplug.
like this:
also on that latest build I wanted it to be a closed box with no wires to plug or un-plug with the exception of the battery charger. I wanted it to be “idiot proof” so to speak simple as possible so that anyone without any electronic knowledge could pick it up and use it without fear of exploding or something.
most power switches wont handle the high current inrush when you connect the batteries.
There are FET controlled solid state switches available but they are expensive and require power to work.
So the breaker seemed the most logical solution, and it also doubles as a safety feature, because… its a circuit breaker.
I’ve used a couple of these as well. They do wear out because of the internal spark, but if you use an XT90 antispark plug in line with it it will probably never wear out.