Agattu electrical problem

[lectureral]

Had a new experience today. I put my newly charged battery in my Agattu and pressed the power button expecting the usual 3 power lights and middle mode light to illuminate. Instead the 3 power lights flashed on followed by the 3 mode lights (and then repeat). I took the battery out and reseated it a couple of times and had the same result. The third time I took the battery out I blew into the contacts which did the trick (normal function resumed).

Does anyone know what my bike was trying to tell me or had this happen to them?

 

[flecc]

Only that you had that poor connection giving low current. The initial lights at switch-on are a system status check, so any error will be signalled. I don't know if there are different signal patterns for different faults, though that's sometimes the case on controllers.
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[Fecn]

Page 11 has the self-fault diagnosis led matrix...

http://www.50cycles.com/manuals/kmanual.pdf

It sounds like you were getting a torque sensor zero-setting error.... Were you leaning on the pedals when you turned the power on?

 

[lectureral]

Thanks Fecn - that does make sense - the bike was leaning against another one and it's possible that there was turning force on the pedals. I guess my blowing on the contacts merely coincided with me separating the two bikes. It is reassuring to know that the problem was not more significant.