recently i’ve build my first electric skate but something is wrong, if i put the skate on the floor i can listen the motor but the board doesn’t move forward, but if i flip up it the motor is working and the wheel is spinning fine.
i put two lipo batteries 5500mah 11.1v 35c etc in series and both are fully charged.
the VESC has the default setup, i didn’t change anything.
i’ve recorded a video, as you can see if the wheel don’t have any weight on it it works ok, but if i put only my hand without pushing the motor doesn’t have power to spin the wheel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lR5SZCvT24
if i put the board in the floor and i push it a little bit with inertia it moves slightly but it does not run so fast.
i don’t know what is wrong…
the batteries are not powerful enough?
the VESC default settings are wrong?
the cables to connect the two batteries in series with the VESC are 14 AWG not 12 AWG maybe this is wrong?
22v is perfectly fine, many people run that with a VESC. A higher voltage will give you more power / top speed[quote=“miquelcamps, post:1, topic:8053”]
the cables to connect the two batteries in series with the VESC are 14 AWG not 12 AWG maybe this is wrong?
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14AWG should be fine. [quote=“miquelcamps, post:1, topic:8053”]
the Torque Belt has te be very hard-tight?
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The belts looks a little lose, buy I cant tell. You dont want it to be too tight or the motor will have problems. Some pictures would help to decide if the belt should be tightened or stay as is
I don’t know how much resistance you’re applying to the wheel, but maybe you need to fix the motor pulley to the motor? Either a keyway or a grubscrew, i think its called.
sorry i’m noob, i’ve installed BLCD tool on a mac, i plug the vesc with the computer, can’t see it in serial connection of BLCD tool, i’ve to install some firmware or something?
i’ve connected the vesc to the batteries and the motor, the blue light is on.
it’s weird i’ve used a mini usb-usb cable that i use to charge the gopro but it doesn’t work with the VESC, tomorrow i will buy another cable, i hope it works… BTW thank you
finally with another micro usb cable my computer detects the vesc in the BLDC tool, i followed some VESC setup youtube videos and i tensed the motor belt, but my board can’t move.