Recent content by qwertyman900

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    Ebike 36v battery reading higher voltage when switched on vs off

    Thanks for the info , the 80% charge throwing out of balance is interesting , thank you , I actually just tried to charge to 39.5 last night but left charging , I thought oh well , at least will be balanced again and have a nice full charge, today is sat at 41.v, wondering whether will stay...
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    Ebike 36v battery reading higher voltage when switched on vs off

    I have a 36v 25ah battery, I'm trying to do a balance charge, has been on a few days only getting to 41.4 seems to have stopped but being a larger battery am sure will take a long time to balance, is fairly new , good quality cells, good quality voltage metre, while reading the voltage I noticed...
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    For anyone trying to make a throttle work with their swytch kit I thought I'd share this info, I bought a third party bafang thumb throttle and did the wire "hack" where you swap the wires, I did as it said but didn't work , so it was sat there for months and today I thought hmmm maybe try a...
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    To anyone who may have issues with display on swytch , I ordered a replacement "neo display 132" and is working, again , and working well , really feeling that pull on p5, better than when using the broken one, I had to use it to "turn on" the bike , even though display didn't come on, the...
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    Swytch Pro/Max yellow battery connector secrets revealed?

    *edit , I found the same cable half length for £25 with post, so yeah reasonable , didn't realise first one was 2 meters, think is made by same person
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    Swytch Max kit change display for SW102

    Hi, did you ever find a replacement ?
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    Hi , thanks yes I think the throttle will not work with swytch, to be fair I don't really need a throttle but thought be nice to add one and assumed most would work , I will return it , I just took the bike out for a ride and is working , but no display , not sure if the problem is with the...
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    I just connected back up and the strange thing is the motor turns with pas activated even with no display on , and won't switch on so now I'm not sure if is just the display ? the throttle does nothing , so not sure if is cos of issues with controller or is not compatible
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    Hi , the controller is called "EBike Thumb Throttle Speed Control For Electric Bike Bafang BBS01 BBS02 BBSHD UK " on ebay , is £8.99, not sure if will work but it did connect so don;t see why not , now I have to wait for my new controller and just read I could have got a 48v and would have been...
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    Help! Building up from Swytch kit

    I just received a throttle today I bought to connect to my swytch , think is gen3 , the swytch has since died, pretty sure it's the controller, the bike was used but not much and I only used 3 days , anyway just wanted to say I read what you wrote and thought ahh the controller I bought isn't...
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    Thanks , my swytch just failed today anyway so am replacing with a kt controller, 36v 15a max 8a rated hopefully last longer, I took the unit apart so can see where you mean, dunno what happened , went to go to the shop , base display was off , took a while to get on then started flashing then...
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    Swytch flashing red lights on display

    Hi all , just bought a used swytch e bike kit, max battery, used fine for 2 days , was working fine until today I charged the battery and went to ride the bike and noticed the display was off , it's basic one , black , with red led bars on display,not sure what gen , I got it to come on again...
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    Swytch Pro/Max yellow battery connector secrets revealed?

    I think I've found that cable on 3 bay , seems a bit overpriced if it's the one for £28 + (£6) postage, I could just make my own , I would have bought if wasn't so expensive, thanks though , *edit , found all parts, could do for about about £14 in total , just need soldering iron, so yeah...
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    Swytch gen 1 and gen 2 controllers

    Hello , how did you splice the wire , which wire was it ? I thought had to connect cables to the pins as there is no battery in cable as the battery connects straight to the clip ? I think mine is same gen , looks same, thanks
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    Swytch Pro/Max yellow battery connector secrets revealed?

    Hi could you send me instructions on how to do this please ? is it necessary or could you just cable straight to battery ? (I've found the cable online) I'm not great at soldering etc, also no equipment for it, thank you, Ahh *edit I just realised this would be for multiple batteries ? in that...