Cooling Ideas? **HELP!**

So I ride my GTX home every night from work 26 miles. When it's 90°+ my board overheats.

It's already a 1.5 hour ride. Having to stop 3 times for 30 min at a time for the board to cool is getting on my nerves and turns my ride from 1.5 hours to 3 hours in the heat.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to help keep this thing cool long enough to keep it operating to get me home without sitting like a bum under some of the only shade I can find on the trail?

Litterally any idea is better than no idea!

 

Hi
Can you define "over heating"? The gt series boards only have a thermal sensor on the BMS which cuts power if temperature reached. This is quite high. Here in Australia we generally don't here reports unless above 35°C, or above 95°F. If the board is turning off, ensure tyre pressures are set correctly if all terrain.
Understand that heavy riding in higher temps will have side effects. The heat protection is the to protect battery cells.
Cheers, Nick.

 

I also have motor overheating issues where the motors on my gtx get extremely hot.. Evolve also gave me some lame answer's like check your tyre pressure and going up hills for more than 30 seconds will cause the motors to heat up. Strange as I have two bamboo gt boards that don't have overheating issues I think the gtx motors have issues with heat.. Just my two cents

 

Rolling home in ECO as our sidewalks have a speed limit of 15 MPH (24.14 kph) and the board just shuts off. No strenuous riding as it's mostly down hill and or flat the first 2/3 of my ride.

I'm on 97mm abec11 flywheels, so no concerns of tire inflation issues. The motors seem to be a standard temp, so it has to be the ESC or BMS.

It has been 90°F+ (32°C+) here all week. Had a few days last year where the board shut off due to overheating, but this week has been 3 times a day for 5 days straight.

And yes, a cutoff to protect the cells is always great, but in my case I've swapped to a 40 cell 30Q pack, so that cutoff is simply a nuisance at this point as 30Q batteries can operate up to 70%, at 181°F ( 83°C).

At this point I'm simply looking for a solution even if it's external to keep this thing from shutting down when it's to hot outside.

 

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Haven't had an issue with motors overheating. Mine is all due to ambient air temperature and the BMS/ESC.

I know the stock Motors have some high resistance, but it sounds like you may have an issue with Eithor the C rating being output by your ESC. Almost as if the ESC is outputting to much to the motors or you have a bad motor(s).

 

If you've upgraded the battery, I'm guessing you have move the thermal sensor?
Where do you have it located? Many people who have done battery upgrades have come across this and a lot of the time it is due to BMS and thermal sensor positioning.
Nick

 

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I moved the probe as far away from any electronics as possible. Read up on this before the swap so there where no issues.

It's purely been this heat wave that's causing this years (new battery) and last years (old battery) issues. Which is why I'm looking for a way to Eithor shield the probe, or keep it and the electronics cool on hot days.

 

The main reason I am looking for an idea for cooling even if external.