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  1. jimriley

    Ooops! Water in battery case, won't charge.

    It wasn't actually the bike that got left out in the rain, I left the battery out, I'd put it down upside down so water gathered in it*. After last nights meter testing is full - 41v, I'm wondering if its the led voltage level gubbins that has suffered. The initial symptom I noticed, when I...
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    Ooops! Water in battery case, won't charge.

    Update. Tony woosh has advised me to talk to Andy woosh, will do. However, having read the replies and using stuff sucked up by osmosis reading the forum I've done some checks with meter and nose. Nose tells me there's a fried vole odour around the BMS. Meter tells me, taking the cumulative...
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    Ooops! Water in battery case, won't charge.

    Just found water in the battery case, HL 36v 17ah. I'd left the bike out in the rain last week. The battery is now showing only a glimmer of red on the scale when I push the button on the case, reading 36.04v with the meter, the charger light is staying green when I connect the charger so it...
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    Q100 motor – parameter P1 explained – speed alignment

    Just to add a point, there's an error in the lcd3 display manual, it says the range of P1 is 1 - 255 . It isn't, it's 20-255. With a direct drive motor p1 should be equal to the number of magnets, 18 in a crystalyte 408. However, as I found trying to set up my DD motor, it will not save a...
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    Touring pack list

    @matthewslack FYI. Plenty of room in your trailer. I wish I'd known the last tip on the list, having recently ventured through wildest Rhyl. l
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    Electification

    I realise that, or there would be a choice. Just planting a seed of an idea, maybe ask your supplier? It would be useful on the front of a Brompton.
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    Electification

    The frog battery I've seen has a red light on it for when mounted on the rear, useless for the front. @Woosh Can there be a choice, a replacement white lens appropriate for the front?
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    KT LCD p1 won't save

    Update, I moved the wheel speed sensor wire away from the rest of the wires, lo and behold, it works. So all now functioning as it should.
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    Storing battery outside in winter - what insulation?

    Isn't the problem of low temp to do with charging, not storage or use?
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    Safe cycle routes. Are there any really?

    So, you ask nicely, no joy, beep your 140db hornit, they still don't move over...
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    PAS level slider

    My throttle is programmed to go up to 9, whatever setting is currently active, so for that boost on hills, or to stand on pedals and zoom over bumpy ground, it's perfect.
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    Has anyone tried this "For Bafang" thumb throttle?

    I like that, ordered one to try on the 'bent tandem, where there is little room now I've fitted twist gear changers. I just noticed you sent me a link for a mifi router, thanks. If I was a permanent liveaboard I would go for one, but there are 12v models available, just put the 240/12 plug in...
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    KT LCD p1 won't save

    I sent an email to torquetech, I got the kit from them. Interesting reply, a possible solution. The P1 range in the destruction manual is an error, it should read 20-255. So it won't save owt below 20. Hi Jim I have a previous customer that once experienced the very same problem with a...
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    Return to the bent!

    I know, but a DD motor has no reduction ratio, it's 1:1.
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    Return to the bent!

    Except if the magnet count figure just won't save, I've got another thread running about this issue, I can't get the controller to save anything below 20, the magnet count on DD motor is 18, so no need to do the sum with gearing.
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    KT LCD p1 won't save

    Setting p1 to 46 made it worse. From what I've read with a DD motor p1 equals the number of magnets, which makes sense if p1-20 is almost right. The destruction manual says p1 can be 1 -255 IMMSMR, so why won't anything below 20 save. So I tried a different tack, wheelspeed sensor with...
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    KT LCD p1 won't save

    Thanks I'll give it a go tomorrow.
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    KT LCD p1 won't save

    I have an old crystalyte DD hub, resurrected with KT 25a controller and lcd3, working fine, but just can't get the P1 magnet count to stick below 20. Afaik there are 18 magnets. The speed is 1 or 2 mph below actual, as checked with a speed app on phone. I've tried a variety of options, setting...
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    Titanium wrist electric shock risk?

    I had an altercation with a tram line grabbing my front wheel, it wasn't at all bothered by the barking dog alarm. While not as bad as a badger buggered wrist it still took a while to heal, so I bought a sit up and beg swept back handlebar, already had palm grips, so I could sit more upright...
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    A pen to plug in to your bike

    A new pen has been invented, battery powered, ball point - an eBic. Where's my coat?