I have been asked by several people how Goldfinger 24v conversion is going - my initial thoughts are thus :
We planned to do a conversion on a very limited budget to 'test' the water - we purchased a cheap 24v 350watt control for around £7 and a throttle for about £4 - the initial feeling was although slow on take off and struggling a little on hills ,for such a cheap price and having a good speed on the flat once run up, this would prove to be a good cheap solution.
Saturday showed the draw backs - a novice driver with out realizing was holding the front brake on full while also holding full throttle - although an extreme test you could liken this to a very steep hill with a larger c5 rider - the result was a burn out of the Mosfets and the control becoming inoperative.
With this in mind I would conclude that this paticular controller not really up to the job - I think the fact that it appears to have no thermal cut out or acceleration gain control makes it not suitable for C5'S - This is off cause a personal opinion. I intend to try some more controllers and give them some similar stressful conditions to see how they fair. Watch this space for updates.
The controller
The damage to the controller note the burning from current overload