Beginner’s guide to spinning a Tesla Large Drive Unit for EV Conversions

[@SomeTechGuy666]

Fantastic video. I have a a safety tip. Don't ever wear a ring or jewellery when working on power electronics. If your ring ever shorts out a circuit you could lose your finger. When you step up to higher voltages you should consider using electrical insulated gloves. Keep up the great work.

[@mehmetcx]

Great explanation Paul!!! Can you keep making videos like this?

[@MakeAnything-]

This was very helpful thank you

[@tommymcredbeard]

Excellent walkthrough!

[@unoxunox4086]

Great overview! I like it alot how you explain.

[@angeloc700]

You’re awesome - thanks for posting!!

[@andysmith2539]

Hi Paul, Awesome video. Very informative. I can't see the test component part # listing here could you please point me to it. Thanks.

[@MakeAnything-]

Is it possible to drive 2 sets of motors? how do i keep them in sync?

[@CarsForPaul]

We need to talk. I am planning to build my first EV after my current project using a tesla motor but i need some help as the EV market is new to me

[@charlestresnicky1144]

Man, this is fantastic, I am a strictly visual learner, this is great work

[@tomsan9867]

How much voltage and amp will it need to get full power off motor?

[@whysoserious.5723]

360v about 1600amp

[@FrozenHaxor]

@@whysoserious.5723 That is incorrect, it's 1400A max - and that's for the highest tier "luidicrous" version. The regular sport can take 1150A max and the base model of large drive unit is just 900A max.

[@Odog.]

Hello! I'm going to buy a Tesla motor off of a selling and I wanna do a quick test just to make sure the motor spins, can I hook up two 13 volt batteries in series straight to the motor?

[@surplusstock8778]

I have a Hybrid 20kwh Mercedes battery,Would that get full power out of this motor or would it be under powered?

[@countteddy]

just curious , would say a Nissan motor behave the same way,,i.e could it spin off two/three 12v batteries ?..

[@abrahammonteropacheco7557]

I would like you to do that same material for Dodge Challenger 2010 model just a promise

[@doit.20]

whats the frequency the inverter running at?

[@TouaregV105.0]

what is the price for a complete kit without motor

[@chrismacdnald-uu8zv]

Diy autotune don,t have the harness, do you link?

[@shwndh]

What kind of encoder is on this motor? Do you have the ability to align the encoder to the rotor in the case of opening the motor and reassembling? Any software available or necessary to do that?

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

So what’s the difference between this and the full setup in a car? Just bigger batteries? That wiring honestly doesn’t look bad.

[@Nomadical]

Yeah it's bigger batteries and high voltage; 24V will make a motor spin but it won't be nearly enough torque to push a car forward at any speed. The full setup will be 250-350V

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

@@Nomadical thats good to know. Do you have any material you use for battery wiring? ie. bms, plugin charger, and VCU

[@fitnessnature]

can you make blender with that motor ?

[@sageneumann]

i ma new to youtube can you please give me info on purchasing the logic board

[@eddyboh2723]

One question: how do you plan in insuring that electric converted car?

[@12x2richter]

I did mine through Hagerty.

[@ssmith1350]

I have a Tesla LDU that I'm wanting to bench test but not sure of which parameters need to be changed. Wondering if you could give me the parameters you changed in order to bench test your motor.

[@tastytechaddictsmtb]

Why cant you directly connect the battery, instead of needing the contactors etc when its only 24 volts ?.

[@trinvanao3352]

Hi.please tell me, how to remove the power cord of the motor ,this is a tesla x 2019

[@PaulMayo-qk3dn]

Please post wiring diagram

[@David_Mash]

Could a large drive unit be rotated 90 degrees so that the left and right could be front and rear driveshafts? Does the board allow this ?

[@paoloxompero6612]

If I understood you're question the answer is yes, I'm not talking for personal experience but I've been warching a yt channel called 'Electric classic cars', he does what you're asking in LR defender to have 4wheel drive, check some of his video, especially the one where he talks about a ready to go kit for defenders where he shows the positioning with also the shafts

[@David_Mash]

@@paoloxompero6612 ! Thank You! I will look for that channel now.

[@cristimutu4077]

hello, I also have a tesla model s motor and I would like to know where I can order the necessary parts to turn the motor. thanks

[@tuguybear930]

He told you in the vid.

[@dishantpatiwala2939]

can I test with AEM controller board (VCU 200)

[@vilasith88]

Can you tell me where to buy the new tesla logic board?

[@benjaminparker5598]

This is the small

[@benjaminparker5598]

This is the large

[@vilasith88]

@@benjaminparker5598 Teala large drive

[@monomaxengineering]

Hi, can the same 25V basic idea be used for testing the small drive unit?

[@vilasith88]

Yes

[@diyEVguy]

Awesome!

[@cornykornelsen4530]

Nice thanks

[@dishantpatiwala2939]

Please share wiring diagram

[@Kirby1969]

as a beginner, thank you

[@GearsAndTech]

So Many Questions! You didnt explain why I need the open inverter board. Is this only to perform this low voltage test? ie: If I was willing to throw the full 400V at it then I can hook everything up as you did and just test it that way? You didnt show the settings for the board? Links would be helpful to the products you used. I did manage to find the MS3 center harness but Im worried if I link it here my comment will get flagged and be stuck in spam Where did you find the connection diagram for everything to hook up to that inverter board? It seems like with the setup you have here if we added more batteries we would essentially have a running/driving car (if it was mounted in a car), so we could skip all the other computer boards, tablets, and expensive stuff and stick with a bare bones setup like this if we wanted? Do you have the ability to setup dynamic braking and such with this setup, or do you need to get a canbus controller to program those functions? Ill be doing my 66 Chev C10 Tesla conversion on my channel soon. Just getting the parts I need to make this all happen

[@importfanatik]

The open inverter board allows you to communicate with the tesla inverter. All his controls (throttle, forward/reverse direction, start button) are effectively communicating with the open inverter board, which is then communicating with the tesla inverter. Without the open inverter board (using the original factory tesla board) you would need to somehow send it the right combination of special Tesla canbus commands.

[@trinvanao3352]

It's a pity that I can't send you pictures

[@fisherholmsfly]

And it’s that simple 😂