Now that modern, liquid cooled, AC motors suitable for ev conversion are becoming available we decided to try our hand at building a controller (also know as an inverter) to run such a motor.
In the video series below we begin build and test on a Siemens 80kw motor :
AC Motor Controller 01
Introduction to my AC motor controller project.
AC Motor Controller 02
First spin of the Siemens 1PV5135
AC Motor Controller 03
Takin' the Siemens to 6 grand!
AC Motor Controller 04
Description of web based interface for the inverter.