Herm
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Smidge204 said:Then why actively cool the motor/inverter at all? Even at 90% efficient you have to be shedding heat somewhere... only question is how much.
=Smidge=
To handle worst case scenarios, track racing in Death Valley/using L3 chargers to keep going all day. The permanent magnets used in the motor will demagnetize at high temperatures (google "curie point"), the grease will boil out of the sealed bearings etc.