barboma
100 mW
I likely have a controller that is burned out or about to be. It has been working for about 1500 miles but today I did some mountain biking up some pretty steep inclines and had the controller under max load a lot (dumb, I know). Anyway, about an hour or so in, the motor, pedal assist and throttle all started acting strange in that they would work, but intermittently. The throttle and pedal assist would get the motor up to about 100w and stop to. The display would also turn off sometimes. After checking all the connections on the trail, my gut says its the controller. MOSFET maybe? I dont know enough about that. Is it advisable for a novice to fix the controller?
Anyway, as I do not have a replacement controller on-hand, I can either ask the seller, Electric Bike Outfitters for a warranty (this is the second controller on this bike kit.) Or look for a better controller as their controller is not very good (fine for a road user I am sure). I have been drooling over the ebikes.ca Baserunner but not sure I want to shell out that kind of dough for the Baserunner + Cycle analyst.
Specifics:
*36v 11AH battery in a dolphin case.
*KT-LCD3 and of course some KT compatible controller in battery case (which I like).
*Julet connectors (would prefer them to be plug and play, but am willing to solder/splice).
*Rear geared motor.
If they don't honor warranty, I think its like 80 bucks for a replacement which is likely going to the cheapest plug and play option but then how far in the future am I going to be at this again?
If anyone has some insight or suggestions, I am happy to include any pertinent information I may have left out.
Thanks
Anyway, as I do not have a replacement controller on-hand, I can either ask the seller, Electric Bike Outfitters for a warranty (this is the second controller on this bike kit.) Or look for a better controller as their controller is not very good (fine for a road user I am sure). I have been drooling over the ebikes.ca Baserunner but not sure I want to shell out that kind of dough for the Baserunner + Cycle analyst.
Specifics:
*36v 11AH battery in a dolphin case.
*KT-LCD3 and of course some KT compatible controller in battery case (which I like).
*Julet connectors (would prefer them to be plug and play, but am willing to solder/splice).
*Rear geared motor.
If they don't honor warranty, I think its like 80 bucks for a replacement which is likely going to the cheapest plug and play option but then how far in the future am I going to be at this again?
If anyone has some insight or suggestions, I am happy to include any pertinent information I may have left out.
Thanks