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Electrical Engineering - Make a electric supercharger for my car


Expert: cleggsan - 8/11/2009

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Dave thank you for answering my question. Here is a link for a picture of the wire diagram so you can see exactly how this thing is wired up.

http://www.electricsupercharger.com/dimensions-and-wiring.html`


So I pretty much understand your answer I was just concerned if the relay on the power input pin 30 could handle the voltage and amperage from the car battery as shown in the diagram. I hooked up a 12VDC motor to the car battery and turning a 4.0" fan and the motor started to smoke. So I figured not only did I need fuse I needed a way to limit the amount of amp coming off the battery. So I will use the same set up as ESC that are for sale. Any feedback after seeing the wire diagram please respond. Thank you

Answer
Well,  the eram pulls a lot of current/wattage and spins up to a very high speed.  The power to drive it is much, much more than for a 4" fan motor!.

If you put in a fuse, be sure it is big enough!  I did not see your original question to Dave, so you might want to go back to him again.  In any event you will need a fuse of around 60A as the turbo will draw almost 800 to 900 watts of energy from the battery.

All the best,
C


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