Inside my full scale AC brushless motor

[zeropointbug]

Originally Posted by MTBikerTim

Hey ZPB, Glad to see some progress on the full scale conversion. Have you had any more luck sourcing the controller? I remember that's where you were stuck when I last talked to you.

Hey man, yah, progress, if you want to call it that!

ETischer is the guy (Eric Tischer), if you missed it in my last post, I might get an inverter from him, homemade from industrial inverter and some great big IGBT's.

[zeropointbug]

Hey Lutach, you wouldn't know where I could get a hold of a Simovert Inverter would you? My plan when I bought these motors was to use the Simovert, but Metricmind (North Am. distributor) can't sell the inverter WITHOUT a package motor... nonsense if you ask me. Just puts a hamper on electric car development, you know?!

It's either we buy a MES-DEA inverter (Swiss made), $5500, and he doesn't gaurantee it to operate properly, and we can't change the software parameters either to make it work. Sad situation really, so we are trying to get rid of the motors somehow.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

Hey Lutach, you wouldn't know where I could get a hold of a Simovert Inverter would you? My plan when I bought these motors was to use the Simovert, but Metricmind (North Am. distributor) can't sell the inverter WITHOUT a package motor... nonsense if you ask me. Just puts a hamper on electric car development, you know?!

It's either we buy a MES-DEA inverter (Swiss made), $5500, and he doesn't gaurantee it to operate properly, and we can't change the software parameters either to make it work. Sad situation really, so we are trying to get rid of the motors somehow.

I'll send Siemens and e-mail, not sure if the electronic components I sell to them goes to the automation devision that makes the Simovert Inverters. You can also look into an AC Propulsion, Saminco, Aveox, Semikron, Sevcon (Depending on voltage you plan on using) or Curtis (Depending on voltage you plan on using). I contacted Brusa to see if they were able to make a 500KW inverter, but all they said they could do was 200KW+.

Edit: Forgot to mention M.S. Kennedy, they have 3 models under motor controls page 2. Not sure if they are a complete system, but it's worth a try.