Wheel chair motor

3rd April 2004, 03:29

can someone give me some genral specs on wheel chair motors how many amps do they draw rpm tourk horse power

thanks

**glen** · 3rd April 2004, 03:41

wheelchair motors are a good drive to start off with. theyre cheap and have a good power output ranging from about 300w to 1hp. not sure on the RPM but it isnt grand. i would assume between 300-500rpm (someone else with more experience may chide in with the actual rpm), and as for tourk i have no idea what that is. but i assume its your spelling.

(p.s. spell properly please. its way to hard reading your posts)

3rd April 2004, 04:06

yeah that is my spelling but thanks for the help

3rd April 2004, 05:58

The torque and speed of wheelchair motors varies quite a lot. The best would be to try and dig up some motors, then check the specs.

3rd April 2004, 15:31

thanks for the help

**julian** · 3rd April 2004, 16:57

Take a look at Roger Plants CIMs, with axles and even wheels available.

**mattan** · 19th May 2004, 12:14

my wheelchair motors have a output of 136 rpm and 180 mm wheels and it gives 4.6 km/h. god or bad ??? they ar rated at 24 volt and 8.2 amp on the plate of the motors, when a test them they only draw 4 amps, strange

19th May 2004, 12:28

The stated current draw is with nominal load, so thats not strange at all.

But that isnt very good for wheelchair motors (some wheelchair motors will peak at well over a horsepower).