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    Tube Battery Cutting Off

    one open tab on cells in series will make it go to zero volts as you saw. If you get it back together, good chance your battery will be back to as good as it was right before the tab opened! check all the cells while you have it opened up.
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    Getting HOT

    if the wire is sized correctly and the connections are good, I don't think the wires would need "air" cooling just a thought from an old electrical engineer, but, an ebike noob edit: and, if you do require "air" cooling, you are running a risky set up, be careful
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    Another Outlaw SS

    KV is the terminology on my rc airplane motors refering to 1000 (K) rpm per volt (V) changing the KV of the outrunner changes it's top speed or changing the battery cell count (a bit oversimplified) the funny part in the pic is the wires clamped to the battery for charging! I have many...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    great link! havent't had enough coffee this a.m. and must admit, that sim will take a bit of study....need to find a thread discussing it and read that through! bottom line though, changing the windings in the hub changes the KV and thus top speed & torque? got my rechargeable lithium ion...
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    Tube Battery Cutting Off

    sounds like voltage sag on a worn out cell or all of them if you could monitor all cells under load you would probably see the sagging cell or cells
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    Another Outlaw SS

    nice!
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    Another Outlaw SS

    nice collection........guess I'm heading down that road..... :shock: how did you get the tire to light up like that? Is it just a reflection?
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    what could possibly crack a component like that??

    overloaded, a short, got wet....? many options
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    what could possibly crack a component like that??

    looking at it again, I'd say your green, yellow, and blue wires got so hot they melted where they were pressed against the black, the black doesn't look melted so, me thinks the motor wires got very hot and melted
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    what could possibly crack a component like that??

    judging by the burnt wires, looks like the black wire got hot and burnt the colored wires also looks like the diode gave up the ghost and cracked I don't know these circuits so you have to look further from here guessing the red & blk are power wires did you overload it?
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    Another Outlaw SS

    Afraid I can't help ya here. I just posted up a review of my SS in the e-bike review section to inform others on what I have and how I like it. I'm a noob to ebikes and bikes in general. Maybe post up the quetions in a new thread and you will get some responces.
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I'm guessing the only difference between the two bikes is an inexpensive rev limiter so they are the same price. One street legal, one offrroad only.
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    Another Outlaw SS

    loading the bike on a bike rack was less than optimal. I needed to loosen some zip ties and reroute control wires and hoses, they are mounted in a chaff prone area. I'm not sure mounting on the seat post battery mount is ok for anything but short trips without the battery on. I did lift the bike...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I spoke to soon, front was flat today.....need to get some bullet proof tubes, sand spurs are nasty..... :(
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    Sad Day for ebikes in New york state

    maybe I'm a misguided optimist. I would start focusing on a way to get them legalized, even if it means registering/taxing/insuring.....whatever. e-bike would still be better than a motor vehicle. Luckily I live in a small enough town that banning is unlikely.....but ya never know.....so I still...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    yes, being an EE, that I could figure out pretty quick and may do it. Maybe a plug in where the charger goes and just a zener diode to drop the voltage to usb levels.....I'll put that on my list
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    Another Outlaw SS

    Thanks for the suggestions...I've had a few mountain bikes and 250cc dirtbikes in my day so I think I have the basics. I just need to adjust to this bike. I just never went much past the novice stage on a bike, been on a lot of expert trails with the 250cc....Look up Taylor Park in Colorado...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I was able to take my first long ride yeaterday, about 18 miles over roads, sidewalks, with about 4 miles of off road Florida weeds / sand/ leaves....pretty loose ground. Im a novice and did not feel comfortable over 10 mph on loose ground. On tight turns I could feel the high / rear CG and it...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I realize the manufacturer is in a bind. There is no way to warranty a slow charge battery for 2 years and a fast charge battery for say 500 cycles over 2 years. No way I know of to determine what rate a battery was charged at. If they give out the specs to the battery, they encourage hobbiests...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I find wireless to be relible and like that custom apps can be found or made. I have lots of experience charging Lipos & A123 &LifoPo4, I have many parallel charge setups and charge mostly 5C, I often balance charge 6 batteries in parallel in just under 15 minutes. You have to have a honkin'...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    OK, not glammer pics, just snapped them in the garage. first one is iphone on ram mount that I swapped off my dirt bike. I'm getting a shorter arm, like the mount! bike HUD app! second, ...don't laugh to hard....my boney butt couldn't take the stock seat....swaped the fat seat off my Townie...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I'm afraid I'm too much a noob to understand what you said, I'm sure once I fall off it I will reread and research further. It seems the shocks bearly move as it is, they seem very stiff. are you saying I should lower the front and put shorter travel springs in? nice hat!
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    Another Outlaw SS

    I'll look into that. If it is an easy drop in......may do it. I guess anything I do now starts to void warranties so may wait till I get her through the infant mortality and early life failure stage.....I did some time in a reliability engineering cage.....another word for work.....think I'll...
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    Another Outlaw SS

    ha ha, ok, I'll get some tomarrow weather finally got nice, had to go fishing today....spring has been cold, hope my electric carbon footprint offsets global warming.....living a few feet above sealevel is dicey......hijacked my own thread....ok, pics tomarrow!
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    My ebike review of futura-europe

    cool website!
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