Originally Posted by
Johnny Wishbone
JW2, just curious, so other than confirming that you can have variances in the location of the sensors on the timing board per phase, what other information can you gleam from this device? Are you able to use it as a in-line amp meter? If running a class that is not specific to a set timing mark on a motor, how critical is it to have the sensors in perfect alignment? If the sensors are out have you been able to tell how this effects the performance of the motor on the track or on a dyno?
Thanks
Yes in line (but no load) amp draw, rpm, KV and also the new Rotor symmetry test gives an indication of how balanced the rotor is between + and -. As far as the effect of not having the sensors perfectly aligned, I'm not an engineer; but TORG attached a paper to one of his posts here that describes the effect of sensor alignment.