Recent content by Pedant

I've just finished my first discharge - charge cycle and so far so good. When I first used the kit 5 years ago I had some problems with the original Phylion battery cutting out so, to provide Alien with information, I devised a test scheme where I rode the bike at a target 10 mph with no...

@d8veh Thanks for the response. When you say that the S06P can be adjusted, is that via the C parameters or by a hardware change like soldering the shunt? If I need to change any C parameters do I need to get an S LCD 3 or is there a way with the LCD 1, or any other piece of kit? Sorry for...

Here's my promised update: I ordered the battery and rack on Saturday the 3rd and they arrived on Friday the 9th. They were sent by Deutsche Post who use DHL for the German leg of the journey and Parcel Force for the UK bit. Both parcels were well packed and the contents were undamaged. The...

Thanks for the advice d8veh. I don't know the rating of my current (no pun intended) controller, but seem to remember it being 15amp though my memory isn't what it was. I'll take a look when I install the new battery. It certainly doesn't have 9 MOSFETs. I took a look at the documentation for...

Thanks everyone for your replies. I decided to go for it before I saw d8veh's reply, so I've placed my order - I'll try to remember to update this thread with my experiences with this seller once I've received, installed and tried the battery. Thanks for your advice and the link d8veh. I'm...

I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know that my problem was due to browser settings on my PC and I now get color underlined in a glorious red colour.

I hadn't noticed that, but I did notice that the listing says: Item location: Berlin, Germany and there is free, and reasonably quick, delivery to the UK. I was never in any doubt that the product would be from China. My concerns are: Can I trust the seller? Will the product provide...

Thanks for all the responses. No. I'm using Firefox. Your suggestion gave me hope because I looked at Firefox's settings and indeed under "language" it had English (US) before English (UK) so I swapped them but it the spell checker still underlines favourite in red and changes it to favorite...

I've just posted for the first time for some years (probably for the first time since you moved to this provider) and noticed that the spell checker wants me to use American spellings rather than proper English. Is it possible for me or the administrators to teach the software how to spell...

I've been a member for at least 5 years and I often read these forums but almost never post, but I need some advice from the experts! My pedelec is an ancient and favourite hybrid which I fitted an Alien Ocean 350w BPM kit to 5 years ago. The Phylion XH370-10J battery has lost a lot of its...

I seldom post but am an avid reader of this forum. I feel moved to post now to say that I have been enjoying reading it much more since Jeremy has returned bringing with him some great technical explanations of things that have long puzzled me. It is so much better than reading opinions, often...

Thanks for the replies. I guess I may not have made it clear what I want to achieve. I realise that I don't NEED a BMS if I use a Lipo charger with a per cell connector, but I wanted to use one so that I can just attach a charger using the (reasonably water resistant) two wire connector on...

I’ve been reading Old Dave’s new build thread with interest, particularly with regard to his use of RC hobby Lipos. My Alien kit came with an aluminium cased Phylion 10s LiMn 10 ah rear rack battery which is performing well after a glitch which was cured by Alien doing some conditioning...

If you look at the mechanical arrangement of a cantilever brake and compare it with a v brake you'll quickly see that the v brake mechanism itself has quite a bit more mechanical advantage than a cantilever. Brake levers designed for cantilevers have too much mechanical advantage for v brakes -...

Just to put the brake discussion in context, and perhaps, to bed: My ebike is a 20 year old hybrid made by British Eagle. It came with cantilever rim brakes which were a revelation compared with the side pull rim brakes I had previously used. My knees are no longer up to hills so last year I...