That battery is cool, and it's getting me thinking I might try something like that.
but it still doesn't solve my problems with the motor cutting out. Like you said, two batteries in series ought to prove if it's the step converter or something else, like the two motors BEMF messing with each other, or the controller which in the past hasn't been a problem.
Just one motor gets up to speed (~1000 rpm) and then poops out in a couple of seconds, so I guess it's either the Gecko over heating (I have it heatsinked and fan cooled set to 6 Amps) or I don't have enough a big enough Cap on the system in the system to run it at the right speed, but like I said earlier, adding a 10k uF the cap didn't seem to do anything, but I may need to add a 20k uF for each motor.
The alternator might work out well in a car application. But I bet I'd still need to do some power conditioning stuff.
-Nick |