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Old 01-09-2009, 02:19 PM   #153 (permalink)
bennelson
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Cripes!

144v x 500 amps = 72000 ÷ 750 (750ish watts = 1 hp) = 96 horsepower electric!

I have heard that as a rule of thumb, you need 5 times as many horsepower in gasoline as you do electric.

You are building a controller for the equivelant of a 500 HP engine!!!!

Great, now we need to build an Open Source Motor that can handle that!
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