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How would I go about powering a 12amp 120volt motor with a battery?

Basically I want to take a corded electric motor and slap it on my bike.

The motor I have is

120 volts

12 amps

1440 watts

and it's DC making it convenient for batteries.

I was wondering how I would go about or what I should look into to powering this corded motor with a battery to make it mobile.

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    Lv 6
    8 years ago
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    The motor was designed to work with 120VAC power. When you plug it to 12VDC, it lose a lot of power. I used a 24VDC for my bike and 2 12VDC batteries connected them in series. It work great and was a fun project.

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