March 5, 2007 by Rob.

I’ve ordered a “Mister Two” power steering pump for the RAVolt. Now that the motor insertion is imminent, I want all my components together so I can start finding homes for all the pieces that have to go under the hood.

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March 5, 2007 by Rob.

On Sun, March 4, 2007 9:58 pm, I posted to AustinEV:

Should I test the motor before I put it in?  Is a jumper to regular 12
volt battery enough to give it a little spin?

Chris R wrote back:

I “tested” my Warp13 because I was curious to see what it would do on only
12 volts. As it turned out, it spun pretty fast. With Nick’s Cherokee (based on a 9″ motor), we used a single battery to creep the vehicle into the garage once.

Speaking more practically, this might be a good opportunity to see how well-seated your brushes are. It may be necessary and/or just a good idea to idle the motor on low voltage for a while to let the brushes seat themselves before the motor sees real duty.

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