How to connect/pair a brushless motor to a controller: The missing manual

[@birdcam2024]

The way you explain things is magical, I hope you're a teacher in real life. If not you should be. Thank-you.

[@matthewcowart5991]

this video was one of the best i have ever watched to learn wire testing. i also have like 6 different controllers that all are different. i wish you were my neighbor and you could help me!

[@errick51]

I really enjoy your videos. Your cover a lot of practical topics with great problem solving details especially when you’re repurposing hardware that has no documentation with it. Thanks for taking the time to do these!

[@haissamibrahim1357]

Mate , you left nothing out and explain everything simply and effectively . Your the best , I wish all these other idiots making videos could learn something from you

[@wrathofsocrus]

These videos are great! It's like watching an episode of Matlock, but for electronics.

[@chriss8206]

Great job this is a great tutorial on how to hook up motor I'm glad to see you didn't just use music and no explanation we need more people to make videos like yours I don't want to watch nobody talking and just see music you did a great job at this video

[@BCU9999]

Excellent, methodical and easily followed sir. You articulate technical instructions clearly where so many others struggle to express themselves. Keep up the good work!

[@ryancafferty4973]

i agree. you can tell his competencies are many, yet he manages to convey a technical payload to a layman at a pace that’s very digestible.

[@benmerretz7200]

The VERY BEST EXPLANATION to determine hall sensor wiring

[@mmills37]

These are GREAT videos - and I could listen to you talk about anything, all day long. :D

[@scootcityltd8244]

Excellent, this is the best video I've seen, great job explaining this at length 👍

[@Popeyes66]

Well done for your precise explanation, as always. You're a decent guy .

[@boblee2094]

Powerful logical thinking! Excellent video!👍👍👍

[@maximeguichard1095]

This is the best explanation video about BLDC motor, controller and wiring I have seen on KZbin. Congratulations and thank you!

[@jsaurman]

This is a great explanation for those new to motors and controllers.

[@RaymondMDay]

I wish that I would have found this video about 3 days ago whenever I was in another town about 160 miles from home and working on a friends e-trike! Good information here..the procedure to determine correct phase wiring is what I really needed!

[@billrimmer5596]

This was a wonderful video. U r the best and smartest guy on this subject!!

[@richardowens3241]

Thank you this video. This is the missing key I've been looking for. I have this exact same motor and I've been trying to crack this code. You're awesome

[@Birdman3131]

So this video is awesome. I have had that lawnmower sitting around for a while after getting it at auction. Well on monday I pulled the motor out for an ebike and yesterday this video get released with the exact same motor. Still eyeballing controllers and such but this helps a lot.

[@deviantmultimedia9497]

I've been watching your videos ever since the one you made about reviving dead 18650's by jumping them in parallel with a good cell. I appreciated how you include the "why" and not just the "how". Electronics channels that don't have any speaking and quickly show exactly how to do something... Let's just say they are not for me and I'm tired of skipping them. Anyway, I thought I subscribed a long time ago. I'm sub'd now. Keep up the good work, my bro

[@techtinkerin]

You're a great teacher thanks for everything ❤️😊

[@MrJob91]

wow this is exactly the process that I used to reuse an old ebike motor with a new controller! it can be allot of work but 2500km later was completely worth it

[@busterevergreen9673]

I am a mechanic and this was all very confusing to me but, you shared this video and now I understand thank you so muck

[@johnjacobs56]

Thank you so much. I have this exact motor and was trying to figure this out. A real lifesaver.

[@allistersubryan6911]

Hello and thank you alot. Hope you continue to provide and teach a lot more on KZbin. Thank you.

[@foreverhungry84]

i love your video's dude, i always learn something.

[@bobdsouza9256]

That's beautiful. Very nicely done.

[@jamesbowlen2870]

You are brilliant! Very nicely explained.

[@maukaman]

I love those brushless lawn mower motors! I’ve got a few of them salvaged from a dumpster and rigged one up onto a little razor mini dirtbike, from a different dumpster. Got a cheap 1500W controller and that tiny bike is a BEAST now! I was powering it with 84v battery (made with two modified 40v ryobi packs in series) for a while but had to switch to a smaller 72v pack after one of the ryobi packs started having issues. I live on the side of an insanely steep volcano (Big Island, Hi) and it speeds up the steepest grades effortlessly. It was one of those rare projects that just went together with very little effort or modification. Now I’m just searching for a slightly bigger frame because despite attaching a taller seat and modifying the handlebars I barely fit on the little Razor MX350 frame. Hopefully some day I can find a frame from a MX500 or MX650 to use since they have suspension and disk brakes. 🤞 Love your videos! Keep up the good work. Mahalo! 🤙

[@maukaman]

@clstrc594 any brushless e-bike controller will work! I’ve ran them with over 80v on a 2,000w controller no problem. Just make sure whatever it’s connected to is geared correctly and that it doesn’t get too hot in use.

[@alexfrancis7093]

@@maukaman im planning to use one of these motors for an electric mini bike build. What sort of Amps were you pushing through it at 72v? Any idea on the best gearing, 6:1?

[@maukaman]

@@alexfrancis7093 I believe the most I ever put through that particular motor (inrunner style mower motor) was 2700 watts or so but It seemed like it could possibly handle more if geared correctly. They are pretty torque-y motors but if you want that wheelie torque or you climb hills you’ll want something like 1:7 gear ratio. I probably used 1:8 or so since I live on the steep side of a volcano 🤙

[@alexfrancis7093]

@@maukamando you know which sprocket fit the output shaft?

[@maukaman]

@@alexfrancis7093 it does depend on the exact motor you use, some of the newer ryobi mowers use an out-runner style motor and may have a slightly different shaft. I’ll have to get back to you about the shaft dimensions when I get back home, but mine had a double-D type indent a little larger than the typical my1020 sprocket found in the little Razor bikes. I just filed the sprocket out from one of those to fit

[@baal-ahuak-baalshaitanala8675]

Combo no4 beautiful spot on perfect good teaching man this could actually save lives in many situations ie air or water pump or oxygen pump or generator or lift etc etc good job good teaching Thank you....edit... I nearly forgot and ebike power 💪 I'm glad I subbed to your channel because not knowing this knowledge could cost many trials and errors etc

[@bambooforest7665]

This is really good for me as I've just bought an ebay controller to test a junk e bike wheel I got for free. Perfect, thanks so much.

[@electronicartis]

Very good video I hade this idea but it's good to know that there's a video backing it up now.

[@mhmdsaleh3502]

32000 views in 8 monthes ! It is NOT fair .. you deserve millions of views and before that millions of thanks 😍

[@Richard-gy1pq]

You make it all make sense. Thank you for saving my sanity.

[@cobiburgess7748]

your videos are great my brother. very useful. thank u

[@wackedoutdude]

Very good info mate. This helped me out alot.

[@adventureswithsteve2981]

Very good and informative video, now let's see one where someone gives you a controller that has the connectors cut off and work out what each one does

[@fred.nestler814]

I SEE SEE--SAID THE BLIND MAN! I EXPECT MORE SCRAPES AND SCRATCHES FROM THESE BIG MOTORS! YOU MUST BE A SKILLED RIDER AND AN ELECTRONICS WIZ!! THANKS--LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

[@chanceisom]

Thanks for you dedication, you information helped me, thank you

[@gheralbraga7555]

Great video! very impressive, many many thanks. Love your video!

[@peet59er]

You explain it so well .thank you

[@user-ds6ur2og5p]

You are very good teacher my boy!

[@martdaymo]

This video deserves more views!

[@matheo4934]

thanks alot. you have no idea this video help me so much. really appreciate it. god bless you good sir.

[@flojotube]

POW - THANK YOU AGAIN!!! Q: what about application where CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE are needed??? Like for a go kart??? ahhhh GOTCHA!!!

[@jmonaghan6496]

Hey, great video! I literally have the exact same motor setup out of my lawn mower that I salvaged in hopes of putting it on my bike upon everything the same as you said my whole sensor wires are showing 16 volts instead of 2.5 volts like each one of yours wires showed and it doesn't matter if I'm pulling the trigger to turn the lawn mower motor on or not. Also my motor I'm sure you can tell I am not able to get it running but it was running 5 minutes prior to being taken out

[@joebush8537]

Actually have that same exact bike. But mine has a brushless motor on it. But anyways the video definitely tells me about another project I'm working on with are brushless motor and controller thank you for your videos

[@joebush8537]

Mine is brushed

[@ManglerJ.]

This is great!, I love tinkering with things this, I've built 3 different racing simulation chassis..used an old 90's honda e brake from a scrap yard and added it to the chassis with wood and rubber mounts and etc... even went so far as to go to the pawn shop for some old speakers and made 3 different Bass transducers and added them under my racing chair, the pedal deck, and under my shifters! The smaller one under my shifters!.. If tour driving a good racing Sim, you can even feel when you grind the clutch in your hands and feet mostly

[@TGKProductions358]

Thanks for this content I'm excited to try out the technique myself

[@default19in]

This is what I was looking for knowledge tx for sharing.

[@JB-po2mv]

you rock amazing videos my friend.you are very thorough.thank you thank you thank you..

[@dallasangler]

Thank you from Dallas, TX.

[@berglundsimon]

Thanks and thanks again! Feels like I have been doing just that, checking 720 different combos. :-)

[@thecam0073]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@plojm123]

Excellent job

[@jacquesdubord6844]

Excellent video.

[@theupscriber65]

Thank you so much for this information!

[@richardesposito6622]

🚴 Thank You for all you are sharing with us and Very greatful for the lessons here! I am working an old A2B 2010-ish version with PAssist, 36 volt 500 watt cruiser metro and the 7 pin connector from the hub has the 2 wire battery output + and - along with the and 5 smaller ones on it. I am sure the 3 of those are for halls and not sure of the other two.. possible old halogen light and 7th pin maybe a 5VDC. Trying to chose and buy a higher amp controller to bypass the inner hub controller along with a new battery kit and display for it. I know bit about how they worm but it is still pretty overwhelming. Would you think the controller you have here would work for it? Kind Regards

[@777fiddlekrazy]

brilliant young man!

[@D.I.Y-TV]

This video is very helpful to me. I have an Ebike brushless motor that will run pedal assist and doesn't comes Throttle Twist Control. I'm thinking if I can add Throttle Twist on my Ebike. Hoping for this video. Thank you for making this video possible.

[@roncooke2188]

Superb video thanks i enjoyed watching

[@captainamazing1356]

Very useful information thank you!

[@shawnio]

your videos are straight forward, you act like we do, poking at the wires, but you show us what is what, after watching a few videos you can really get a grasp on the fundamentals when it comes to controllers, DID YOU SAY YOU RODE THAT FOR 10 YEARS! wow

[@shawnio]

man, you dug right in there and attacked everything. good job man I subscribed

[@matd3150]

Great video !

[@spud4242]

thank you! well explained.

[@sorbetingle]

Im glad u did all that hard work....whilst i sat back and ate chocolate icecream 😉

[@vuaeco]

Yummy!

[@eddreyes1350]

Welcome back

[@dgb5820]

Magnificent video

[@Deveak]

Thank you, this helps a lot figuring out my atlas 80 volt mower. My controller died. I think I can still find ground and they did mark the power wire red so that helps a lot. Does under bolting hurt a BLDC motor? It’s a 80 volt max system but nominally 74 volts. I will likely have to settle on a 72 volt controller. Most likely will need to use a lower voltage pack and make my own battery vs the 20S battery they use. Good mower just cheap controllers.

[@markusdobeli1646]

greatexplained , now i think i can solve the problem with my new controller :-)

[@4x4RCTroll]

nice debugging glad u haven't burn the place up

[@mgpadi]

Thank you for your time

[@georgecostanza2695]

Amazing!

[@royspeakman1157]

Brilliant !

[@pitapitabread]

thank you sir. now i want to find a low priced or free brush-less motor especially a garden tool motor

[@rporticio]

Thank you for this practical video. I am quite slow on this but interested. My question is does this apply to AC servo motor with 8 wires , 3 for motor & 8 for hall sensors?

[@halhaynes]

Your videos are excellent!! Do you have any videos on 40v (Ryobi) halless BLDC 3 Phase motor? I want to actually test it running with a test controller but I'm not sure what to buy.

[@Tinkerman.45.]

Like your videos.what do you think would make a 36 volt brush controller stick open and the motor run all time.

[@BradKwfc]

Awesome video. I have all Ryobi tools... except my mower is a Greenworks. Tried running it on 3 series Ryobi batts. It would run 3 secs then stop and beep. Turns out the controller and battery talk back and forth. So.... All I need is a 60V controller and I can ditch my Greenworks battery?

[@izzzzzz6]

Very useful.

[@olebole4178]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much. But what if you only have the motor and not the whole setup with the old controller. Then how do you find the positive 5V wire of the hall effect sensors.

[@maukaman]

Interesting, that Kobalt motor looks identical to the Ryobi mower motors, except the Ryobi ones don’t use hall sensors. I’ve seen motors before that were manufactured with hall sensors inside even though they aren’t being used. Makes me wonder if there’s any chance that they left the halls inside my Ryobi motor.

[@roberthargrove3770]

I am absolutely waiting for you to mount that 40 volt motor on something so I can see how practical it is to use. I have many batteries and controllers but good motors are hard to come by.

[@thescubersteve5214]

Like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHaxoHZ4eJt1n9E

[@HOTOREL]

Thank you so much

[@EBIKESBR]

Could you tell me if this motor works at an angle of 60 or 120 degrees? I need to know how to adapt a hall sensor board to a similar engine...

[@PlanB-3751]

Thank you 👍💯👌

[@EBIKESBR]

Would you have a photo of what the board looks like and the position of the hall sensors inside the engine? I have a motor like this but it doesn't have hall sensors and I would like to install it!

[@electronic7979]

Nice

[@cndbrn7975]

Awesome .. thanks

[@hipyo8659]

How do you find the +5v without the original controller? Also wondering on the higher output (combination 5) if that is for the "turbo mode" found on some of the Kobalt leaf blowers

[@donaldfalcone3470]

Hay there I enjoy the knowledge you share,I would call my self pretty knowledgeable of ev's but I have this issue we're when connected the controller runs motor great with a bit of delay in start but when weight is added it makes banging studder and goes nowhere,I thought it was halls but it's two mode so it will do the same without halls connected and changing phase wires doesn't change anything which is where it's an Amazon 1500w 2 mode controller 48v and a brushless dc permanent mag motor,any suggestions would be great thanks again😊

[@bldc-controller]

good job

[@nixonsmateruby1]

I added a new controller, took the bike for a test run and it only went about 5mph? Will mixing phase wires make it run faster/better.? Thanks from England for your videos.

[@MonelloSavutano]

thanks ,i understood the phase wire ...but now confused on the hall wires ,can you do for the hall like to did for the phase wires

[@5net_5net]

My 80V kobalt mower PCB just died. I am planning to use a 72V ebike controller to replace it with some work-around-wiring. However, the mower motor doesn’t have hall sensors, I don’t know if it will run without it? Do you think if the kobalt 80V max battery will kill the 72v controller? even though on the box of the mower it said “72v nominal voltage”

[@lazyoldjack]

I don't understand how you identified the 5v wire on the motor. Where did that 5v come from if not connected to the controller? Great video though and very helpful.

[@mdproForPC]

love you

[@jantelsrevenge5111]

Thank you for the video I’m about to do a build using the same Kobalt motor, Is there any way you can reply to this with the wire color layout that you used? Thank you so much

[@roberthargrove3770]

Btw what happened to your model 3 battery I haven’t seen anything else on it

[@azertaieb442]

So great ...what about the torque ..is it powrful motor? ...did you thenk that can it runing a scooter perfectly ...i just ask that ...because i see this motor on aliexpress ..with low price ...i hope that you help me about that and give me all information about it ...thank you so much ...great channel

[@nixonsmateruby1]

It's like tuning a musical instrument.