Hi,
I'm a Pedelec commuter - great way not to arrive at work hot and sweaty (nowhere to shower) and great, too, at the end of the day when the wind's in your face all the way home. I fitted an Alien Ocean 36V conversion to my road bike a couple of years ago. Last week, on the flat with the motor running at light load it just cut out. No amount of switching off & on again has revived it.
Tried the throttle/pedelec changeover switch - no response on either setting. There's voltage at the battery terminals, but not at the motor. The connection diagram supplied by Alien shows that one of the wires to the throttle should be at 5V, but there's nothing there when there's 36V on the wire next to it (actually, it's 41V - should it be that high?). The on/off switch on the energy meter/display is lit, so there's juice that far.
Has the controller packed up, or is it just the on/off switch or Power Mode Display? There's potentially lots of oomph in the battery, so I don't want to just connect one wire to another to see what happens.
Any suggestions for more testing, or what I can do next? My work colleagues will be as grateful as me if I can get back my electric assist!
Thanks
I'm a Pedelec commuter - great way not to arrive at work hot and sweaty (nowhere to shower) and great, too, at the end of the day when the wind's in your face all the way home. I fitted an Alien Ocean 36V conversion to my road bike a couple of years ago. Last week, on the flat with the motor running at light load it just cut out. No amount of switching off & on again has revived it.
Tried the throttle/pedelec changeover switch - no response on either setting. There's voltage at the battery terminals, but not at the motor. The connection diagram supplied by Alien shows that one of the wires to the throttle should be at 5V, but there's nothing there when there's 36V on the wire next to it (actually, it's 41V - should it be that high?). The on/off switch on the energy meter/display is lit, so there's juice that far.
Has the controller packed up, or is it just the on/off switch or Power Mode Display? There's potentially lots of oomph in the battery, so I don't want to just connect one wire to another to see what happens.
Any suggestions for more testing, or what I can do next? My work colleagues will be as grateful as me if I can get back my electric assist!
Thanks