Engine 'placed' in bay
OwnerTony Allwood
LocationHamilton, Waikato New Zealand map
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Vehicle2000 Tiger
'Barn find' Mower, in very poor health when brought home, but
the engine worked.

Original donor vehicle abandoned

Kingcat Tiger with blown engine purchased
Motor Motor - Motenergy ME0708 48V DC Motor, 6-12kW Permanent Magnet DC
EV Works is proud to be an official reseller for Motenergy
Inc (ex Mars Electric), who have established an enviable
reputation for themselves as a manufacturer of economical
yet high performance pancake-style motors. They are ideal
for applications such as electric motorbikes, go-karts,
service vehicles, ATVs, golf carts, etc. All Motenergy motors
share mounting pattern with the popular (but now
discontinued) B&S Etek motor.
ControllerAlltrax AXE 4834
The AXE product line is used with SERIES Wound Motors.
These units drive golf cars, scissors lifts, boom trucks,
Neighborhood electric vehicles, and a variety of other
applications.
Batteries5 Trojan 4 x 105 @ 6V and a 12Volt, 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Flooded
Bought second hand, five years old
System Voltage36 Volts
Charger TBC
Heaterit gets warm in New Zealand
Instrumentationkey
Top Speed5 MPH ( 8 KPH)
It has a top speed that is equal, if not faster than the Bolans
mower it will replace
AccelerationWheelies on drive :)
RangeJust entering testing mode
Seating Capacity1 adult
Tiresyes
Conversion Timeabout 10 days of my time, I am not a skilled engineer or
mechanic, I used trial and error, mostly error.
Conversion Costabout $2000 nzd including the old mower
The EV Grin
No one warned me...

I read on other blogs about the high, but nothing can prepare you....

I flipped the switched, I drove emow from the shed and it was such a buzz. I drove
around the garden for about 5 minutes and as you can see from the video below, I
have the EV Grin lol

The mechanicals are rattling like a bag of spanners and there is some fine fettling to
do, but Emow ride, Emow Lives!

Next weekend the blades will be spinning and the grass will be cut!

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