Hoverboards are cool, right? They are since we started hearing about them in 2013, you ride it at home or around the neighborhood and showing it off in front of your friends, that’s good and everything but, you sometimes run into some really annoying problems where you can’t figure out why this problem happened and how to fix it.
A problem like this one, your hoverboard wheels getting hot.
Well, in this article I’ll go over this problem and try to explain to you the real reasons behind it.
Why are hoverboard wheels getting hot
The motors
If you open up your hoverboard, you’ll notice that the motors are in the wheels, motors by nature heat up when they run for too long, if you ride your hoverboard for a long time I think you need to give it a break, let it cool down and ride again in a few hours.
Another reason would be the main board, maybe it’s defective, what I mean by this is that if it’s really defective, it’ll deliver more current than it should be, more current means more speed and of course, more heat.
I don’t recommend that you start fixing it yourself, instead, take it to a repair store and let a professional technician take a look at it.
Friction
Friction is good and bad at the same time, without friction things like cars, motorcycles and of course, Hoverboards, won’t be able to move on the road.
The bad thing about friction is the more of it the bad, if you’re doing crazy moves or tricks with it and braking over and over again without slowing down first, the hoverboard wheels will heat up and start to wear out.
I personally think that the first reason is the most common or correct one.
Why does your Hoverboard smell like burnt rubber?
Because of Friction: Some people might run into this issue where they smell a bad scent coming out of the wheels of their Hoverboards that smells like burnt rubber, what I think about this is when you do tricks or use the brakes in an unusual way causing it to wear out quickly as I said above.
Another reason would be the Motor, motors heat up just like any electric device, if you let it on for too long or if it pulls too much current, just like the case we discussed above.
Conclusion
My engineering background helped me identify this problem, the above tips aren’t 100% guaranteed that it’ll help you fix this issue but I can’t think of any other way, heat causes many issues, not just the wheels but the battery could break down because of it.
I need help
Hi, what do you need help with?!
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