Ken, Motors come in a wide variety of temp specs. Some will be fine at a scorching 180 deg C (that is 80 deg above water boiling temp!) while others won't last long at such a temp. So, the spec sheet is where you need to go. After that, measure the actual temp to see if you have a problem or not.
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ken via EV Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 5:37 PM To: damon henry; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] hub motor cooling ac motor > You are assuming that just because you cannot touch it the temperature > is a problem. That is not necessarily true. Do you have any specs > that specify acceptable operating temperatures? damon I should look. I thought of spraying water mist on the outside for the magnet sake , but what temp does laquer or plastic insulation melt. ? _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
