ES 1.0 Graveyard

amberwolf wrote:How is your cat doing, Floont?

He is still alive but suffers from the affect of the smoke inhalation. He is old for a cat (15 years), but he lumbers around just fine.

Thank you for asking!

FA

I'm pretty sure they use LiFePO4. But the frame is what's great :-) Ping packs should be very safe. I hope you are well now, Floont! I and my family and cat are now well after the LiPo fire that took my house, bike and almost everything I owned.. It may be unreasonable of me to stay away from LiPo ...

By the way Floont....thought I'd mention: Your Rear x5404 on full suspension Mongoose Blackcomb was a badass build man. It would be awesome for you to rise from the ashes with Headways or a LiMn chemistry. Unfortunately, I had blown the x5404 hall sensors in it after taking the voltage to 147VDC. I...

How is your cat doing, Floont? The cat has healed all of his mouth wounds due to smoke inhalation and has regrown the hair on his front paws to where it looks like a "crew cut". He is doing extraordinarily well. Thanks! To others: Unattended charging is bad, especially with Lipo's. My nex...

Ypedal wrote:I removed a few posts, please show some respect, someone lost a house, no need to be name calling on top of it.. bad enough situation already.

Thank you for the respect, Ypedal.

I'll get back in the hobby, but without LiPo, probably LiFePO4... Probably in a year or so...

FA

ok. all that aside... Floont, got a paypal address we can send donations to ? ... not very rich these days but i will dish out a few and i'm sure others will as well... Is your insurance going to cover things ?.. anything to share in that regard ? I thank you with all of my heart, but insurance is ...

What a bummer, sorry for your loss. Sadly, a lot of people shy away from controversy and refrain from asking serious and important questions about events that have transpired surrounding devastation such as yours. I have some questions for you though, concerning the occurrence of your fire, it woul...

Ypedal wrote:oy..

Sorry to hear the terrible news.. ...
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Thanks, man.

The fire is an absolute fact, not a sick joke. My thought is that the charger overcharged my pack and it caught them on fire and then caught my garage on fire. Beware of LiPo and cheap Chinese chargers. They'll ruin your life. Goodbye to my ebike brethren. I shall not be returning to the hobby. The...

Trouble with those cell level alarms is that they often take power from the first two or three cells, so draining the pack unevenly, helping it go out of balance. The Hyperion 1420 charger can charge 14 in series so you can charge the pack in one go without needing to split it. I agree with Neil. T...

bowlofsalad wrote: Do you use nord lock washers?...

Where can you purchase nord lock washers???

I watched the video and I'm convinced they are superior in vibration situations.

FA

Do you use nord lock washers? It's starting to seem apparent to me that without nord lock washers, the only viable option would involve either epoxy or welding. Does your torque arm obstruct any part of the rear derailleur? Mine does and I am not sure what to do to get around it. Right now I am con...

I am Icarus. I flew too close to the Sun. I got too close to 150VDC and blew my throttle, my cruise-control, and worst of all, my hall effect sensors in my x5404. Fortunately, I had a spare x5304 already laced to an Alex rim and already had a Schwalbe Crazy Bob tire on it. So... after swapping out ...

It's funny how you can order stuff and keep every email and piece of paper, but cannot find what you're looking for when the time comes to get another. So I am asking the general population... Who makes this torque arm??? http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg343/floont/TorqueArm_zps07e24a2f.jpg

Two years, 4 to 5 times out each day (I'm retired), charge to 4.2v each charge, store at 4.1v per cell, discharge to 3.7v maximum but most times to 3.95v per cell. Batteries are now puffy, but not overly. I bulk charge the 30s series to 125VDC (or 35s to 147VDC, depending on the configuration I'm r...