volts/amps question

[VintageMA]

To follow up on what suicideneil said - if you let it the motor will pull as many amps as needed for the demand and blow itself up in the process if you let it. There is nothing to "limit" the current.

Like he said for Neu - the max amps is the amount of current the motor can handle for 30 seconds and the max rated voltage.

For example (and this doesn't correlate to any specific motor):

Rating: 3000 watts max for 30 seconds, max voltage 30 volts - max amps = 3000/30 = 100 Amps for 30 seconds.

A few scenarios running with lipo packs:

4S = 14.8 volts; 3000 / 14.8 = 202.7 Amps @ 30 sec.
5S = 18.5 volts; 3000 / 18.5 = 162.2 Amps @ 30 sec.
6S = 22.2 volts; 3000 / 22.2 = 135.1 Amps @ 30 sec.

It's really just a measure of heat dissipation, power and the max RPMs of the motor (to calculate the max voltage a motor can handle)