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    Hooked up 400VDC cables backwards to motor

    Haha, no, that thing is already a zero-emissions vehicle. I'm planning to put this motor in a Land Rover Defender. But before I put it in, I want to see how much I can remove from the system and still have it driving. For example, I know it'll still drive without a door on, but it won't drive...
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    Hooked up 400VDC cables backwards to motor

    It was pretty easy to get them mixed. None of the high voltage cables are labelled for polarity. They are both the same color and look almost identical. I still should have double checked it. Do you guys think that there would be any sort of fuse that would have burnt out over this? I checked...
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    Hooked up 400VDC cables backwards to motor

    That's good to know about the software / hardware layers of safety. Good advice too about triple checking things and keeping safe incase something explodes.
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    Hooked up 400VDC cables backwards to motor

    Hey guys, I could really use your help. I took out my motor recently to try to get it to run outside of the car. I extended all of the low voltage cables, I got an electric water pump to circulate water through the motor, I grounded it to the car chassis. But, when I extended the 400 VDC...