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Well I've been thinking of converting my Geo storm or some other vehicle for some time now and this weekend I was at an auction and had the opportunity to get a good sized DC motor for $125 so I took it. It even came with some nice gov't invoice stating a cost of $4.5k.

The outer diameter is around 12" and overall length of 16" the invoice says it weighs 150 lb, i believe it. I've attached a pic of the name plate. Pertinant info on it are
Winding: series
Amps: 268
HP: 10.29
RPM: 1300
It looks like it may be rated to 48V too.


So, from what I've lurked this seems fairly similar to the 48V fork lift motors. So i should be able to over volt this right up to and above 100V right? I'll be tearing it open to get a look at the winding this week hopefully.

Anyone got an experience with something like this? Any way to know if this nameplate is for always on duty cycle?

Thanks Guys