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Porter
Economy 2 Quadrant 12v, 24v, 36v motor speed controller

The Porter is the latest from 4QD and is a simple, economical, general purpose analogue controller for power handling machinery including golf caddies and wheelbarrows. It will also find applications for power assisted cycles and similar machines.

It is designed to be as simple as possible to use and instal so has the simplest possible wiring - just six wires!

Another off its major features is that it will work from 12v, 24v, 36v (or any in-between voltage) without adjustment.

The -48v version has the same general performance but will work from 12 through 48v.

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Specifications


Standard version

Ptrbox

Box size: 110 x 61 x 31mm. An aluminium fin serves as mounting and heatsink.

Wire lengths


Board Version

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The board version uses the same aluminium fin as the boxed version.


Wiring

Wiring is designed to be the simplest possible - just 6 wires, 2 each for battery, motor and throttle pot. Wiring is shown on a separate page - Porter wiring diagram.


Potentiometers

The Porter can be used with any 5K potentiometer, for instance our Twist-grip throttle or plunger operated pot.

It can also be used with a 10K pot (such as our Bell Throttle assembly), but an extra resistor is required or full speed will be reached before full pot travel. Details are in the instruction manual.

If ordered with the Porter, either the Magura or the Bell throttle will be supplied pre-wired. Be sure to specify the required lead length on the throttle!

Beware of a pot marked 4K7: many of these have a tolerance of±20%. If they are 4K7 or over, they will work but values less than 4K7 will not reach full speed. The pots 4QD sell are marked 4K7 but are tested to be greater than 4k7.


Prices and ordering

ItemDescriptionPrice ListAdd to cart
PTB-140Porter 40 (boxed)Add
PTR-040Porter 40 (board only)Add
PTB-140-48Porter 40/48v (boxed)Add
PTR-040-48Porter 40/48v (board only)Add
Twist-grip Throttle GTH-103Add

More information

The Porter instruction manual is available.


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