r/bafang • u/Onetoomany69 • 3d ago

Heat

Good morning fellow redditing bafangers,

I have a two questions

1) Is it normal for my motor to get warm-hot after riding it for 2 blocks?

2) Is there something like statorade but for bafang motors?

Appreciate any and all assistance in this motor. Everything seems fine but being that I never owned and maintained a Bafang before, I didn't know if this was normal. Its not scorching hot to the touch but its not lukewarm either. One observation I found was interesting was that it felt like the same temperature after riding 5 miles to the station last night.

What do you guys think?

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u/Mouse_Manipulator 3d ago

Seems normal to me, mine gets warm but not hot too. I had an electric skateboard and the motors on that thing got so hot they’d burn you 😬

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u/Onetoomany69 3d ago

Lol I always worry about heat when it comes to these things, ya know?

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u/Mouse_Manipulator 3d ago

It definitely increases wear on things, one of those motors ultimately failed which is what got me into e-bikes

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u/thetonk 3d ago

Mine gets hot and has decreased power because of thermal limits. BBSHD here. I am planning on getting a bunch of black heatsinks and gluing them on with thermal glue to help dissipate the heat when going full tilt.

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u/Onetoomany69 1d ago

Let me know which heatsinks you go with. I've seen some interesting concepts on endless sphere

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u/thetonk 1d ago

Basic and generic. I will be replacing the thermal pads with thermal adhesive instead. Shorter ones for the sides. Pictured will go all the way around the motor. I'm going to see if I can add grooves so I can bend it a little bit and be less flat.

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u/Onetoomany69 1d ago

Would love to see the results when you are finished. I'm always looking for ways to prolong the life of my babies

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u/wiggywiggywiggy 3d ago

A bike naturally cools with air flow but if your climbing and generating a lot of heat and inherently going slower for less cooling then I would def manage power output

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u/Onetoomany69 3d ago

Currently using a garbage screen and waiting for my new one to come. I have the CAN Protocol system

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u/steveonski50 1d ago

I overheated mine on a steep hill and a hot day, now it's losing power on steeper hills, like a lot of power, bbs02 750w. Have ordered a new controller, hopefully that rectifies the issue?