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  1. Sturmey

    Battery

    I am a 4.1 volt man. I'm hoping that both I and my battery will live forever. I hope nobody holds that against me.
  2. Sturmey

    Battery

    I have two different multimeters, both function well but would be relatively cheap.e.g 10 to 20 euro price range. The minimum accuracy quoted is the same for both on the voltage scale, which is (+/- .5%) + 1digit (least significant digit) I think this figure is typical on budget multimeters. So...
  3. Sturmey

    battery charging

    Some suppliers consider a battery still serviceable if its capacity (state of health) is above 60% of its nominal capacity. (At least thats in the fine print of my two batteries). That seems to indicate that you could lose 40% of your range but the supplier could refuse to replace battery. Am I...
  4. Sturmey

    Fault lights on Pendleton ev bike

    Just another point, there is an older analogue 4 wire version of the 790 display fitted to other bikes that works differently i.e. no alarm codes. To see if you have the newer 5 wire digital 790 display, pull the brake levers before switching the bike on and the brake alarm lights (hi+ low) will...
  5. Sturmey

    Fault lights on Pendleton ev bike

    On the '790' unit, the hi and low lights flashing is a 'brake level' fault and most likely is due to switches on brake levers sticking or brake lever not fully returning to normal position. You can disconnect these to see which is faulty and bike will work. But check first that you put back the...
  6. Sturmey

    BB Quartz - Fork suspension seized

    Take off the front wheel and try again. This worked for me once. The front axle was splaying the forks slightly outwards and I had to readjust washers.
  7. Sturmey

    Yosepower hub kits.

    Hi. I fitted a 250w yose lately and noticed that lcd3 is slightly different (e.g L parameters) than older yose350. I am inclined to suspect that settings are possibly changed to make controller compatible with LCD5. (In LCD5, setting C5=02 affects the 'soft start'). Anyhow, I would try C5=07 or...
  8. Sturmey

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Re the above, I think there is a need to distinguish between battery current and motor (phase ) current. I agree that torque is proportional to motor or phase current. But the controller may only limit the battery current. At low rpm, the battery current is limited but the phase current...
  9. Sturmey

    Help! Bafang Hub motor... user serviceable?

    I wonder should you clean up the outer gears (with a wooden toothpick) in case there is bit of the broken off nylon gears stuck in the grooves. Also check inner steel gear? Also I think there is a recommendation not to use petroleum based grease as some claim it will soften the nylon. I bought a...
  10. Sturmey

    Yosepower hub kits.

    I think 'Ba' also translates ( from Chinese to English) to the number 8. I think 8fun is a rough translation of Bafang or a play on pronounciation (8fang......8fun). One on-line dictionary translates Ba Fang to 'the eight points of the compass'/ all directions...
  11. Sturmey

    Battery repair, how daft is this?

    I am inclined to see the BMS as an additional item of safety but not as replacement for bad battery design. Anyhow, if it was me, I would consider using replacement mj1 possibly with solder tags which would probably cost you about £25 delivered...
  12. Sturmey

    Battery repair, how daft is this?

    The problem is that if you discharge the battery fully, you will reverse volt the 30q as they have smaller capacity and then, possibly??
  13. Sturmey

    Carrera Vulcan E Spokes

    A common problem I have seen (especially when my children were younger) was when a bike was carelessly allowed to fall over onto the derailleur, the hanger would bend inwards, and in some cases I have seen the derailleur getting caught in spokes when the lowest gear was selected. I remember...
  14. Sturmey

    Carrera Vulcan E Spokes

    I have never seen spokes break in the middle so as long as you keep away from the threaded area and j bend, I think its safe to put bend in spoke. After fitting spoke, overtighten a little to stretch out kinks and then back off to get wheel straight. Sometimes (on wider tyres) its possible to...
  15. Sturmey

    Carrera Vulcan E Spokes

    I have often replaced a broken spoke (at J bend) in 15 minutes. I simply remove old spoke, leaving old nipple in position and thread in new spoke. No need to take off wheel or tyre. I usaully have to put bends in new spoke but it straightens out under tension. The only thing I have to be careful...
  16. Sturmey

    Cyclotricity 250w front hub, what is it and what would be better?

    Hi. I had a 700/28inch 250w cyclotricity (from ebike direct) unrestricted, supplied with no display, just throttle only. It is a fast hub, 33km/hr wheel of the ground, useful power up to 28km/hr with full 36v battery. However, its not great on hills or against wind when compared to other...
  17. Sturmey

    Yosepower hub kits.

    PS. The freewheel version needs some type of washer (preferably the thrust washer)at shoulder as shown below or axle could push through alloy dropout. (imo)
  18. Sturmey

    Yosepower hub kits.

    Hi. My rear dropout was (old?) 130mm when I fitted a rear freewheel type 350w with six speed freewheel and the thrust washer on the outside. However, I did fashion an m10 washer into an oval m12 X 10 with round file and put on the inside between the axle shoulder and the alloy dropout. The...
  19. Sturmey

    Help! Switching between 2 batteries

    The mosfet often contain 'body diodes' which often work act as flyback diodes and allow reverse currents (even when mosfet is turned off) and you can get a bridge rectifer effect. But the voltage would not normally exceed the battery voltage ( and hence no current would flow in this case) until...
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    Help! Switching between 2 batteries

    PS you cant use this simple diode arrangement with any type of regenerative braking.