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WOOOHOOO Finally got the controllers re-flashed for pure current mode. .... And the best news of all, the bike runs straight and true .... Wow...I'm just elated. And a huge huge shoutout to Fany and Kelly Controllers. ... Kelly is a good company. They treated me well over the years. They make good ...

Soooo much information. Thanks for posting. Let me read through this and I may have some questions. In the mean time, thanks for sharing all this knowledge. Dont bother reading most of it - it is drivel I was high on coffee and cigarettes :lol: sigh... its all a man can do while he spools up for th...

Yes yes but I want a 80amp pack 120peak like a 20s8p of Samsung 25r. But what buss bar systen can supply that and fit on a bike. Keep your fuses. Hey Zip Its ok... I want a 100A/200A peak :P For my ebikes I still run pouch cells Their roots are in RC flight and that aligns perfectly with ebikes. I ...

To be clear If nit picking In this very particular case It is more reliable to run a coil that is of a voltage that is close to your pack This lowers the stress on the PWM fets (one top that stays on, but the bottom nchannel switches) They are small fets and ... if they fail... your system will fail...

That means over current on your contactor coil This is because the Sevcon is PWM'ing your pack voltage and sending that to your coil. If it is a raw coil... it works... as say your pack is 100V and the coil is 24V you send a 25% duty cycle... you get ok voltage Your contactor has built in supression...

I have seen them overseas but they are more a company that you spec and order batches from... So from the supplier I am sure you could get sample batches out of them - 5 could happen but 20 is where I usually start (Enough to convince them that you are doing an engineering evaluation) Zero specified...

I have on my KMX trike a rim I think it came from a 2008 Zero... so that would be a 17" motorcycle rim? I used to adapt (lace) all bike rims to the special KMX hub... which takes a funny shaft size... but that got old. I had an adapter machined with the ID of the KMX shaft and the OD to fit this par...

Kit for 30 cells = $1 a cell
So - 10*14 = $140

For that.... You could build a kit which is sound (in an engineering sense) and safe.

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Sorry - one last bit Where you may replace the pogo pins with standard nickle springs @ 1/10th cost or buy pogo pins in quantity 100,000 Where BMS ends up in pack for free* Where you supply LabView program to characterize pack in 3 steps to assess first bank to LVC and highest bank - Program tells y...

So back to the OP Back on topic Using the legos provided (I have mine) I wish to build a pack which can be serviced and rebuilt I believe the best method to do this is to spring-load We know from our proofs above that should a single spring fail it will not fail our pack (Proof, we build P then S, p...

So looking at these Lego cell combiners (thank you to OP... you are RAD for sharing this) Mine have channels built in for strips right out of the box My caliper says they are 0.300 inches across Obviously this was the original intent Run strips across the parallel tracks Go over the top of that (or ...

Example: Yea - I was bound by NDA, and before that bound by threat of death - (I took part in the original Validation while working with a clearance ... at a place so serious that we were not even allowed to LOOK at the internet without risking an infraction) - but the information is freely accessib...

A quick note: 1) My "lego cell holders" came in from Amazon... They are GREAT! My Accountant ordered them as a surprise for me They were DIRT CHEAP They hold together well They grasp the cells well They are the only way to go IMHO - as they keep an air gap between the cells (Please new folks - never...

P.S. Most people running dual controllers are doing so in a tandem configuration. Speed mode is a confusing mode for many people. It can be visualized in 2 ways 1) Big difference in current speed vs demanded speed This is like flipping an OpAmp into saturation - the current limit dominates 2) Tiny d...

Keeping away so as to bring the different perspective: Started reading a few pages back Skimmed the last page or two ... I saw a side by side freewheel test... I would expect those to come in line on line. 10% is a major difference in two motors that are supposed to be "the same". When I was importi...

Placing my bet on one motor having a non-ideal hall/phase combo, where the other motor is masking it. I would ride it with the left only... Then ride it with the right only... Then scratch my head (Assuming he has a CA for measurements. I will come around later if his parse-questions to my suggestio...

It sounds like a prominent problem so no doubt he will find the solution.
He will be stoked when he does... And probably learn a ton on the way.

DIY FTW

Looking forward to the solution.

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Well, looks like the hub motor is the culprit. I swapped controllers side to side, reran the Angle ID program and took it for a test ride. Pulls hard left, just as before. Anyone have ideas for troubleshooting at this point? Good troubleshooting I was going to suggest: 1) lift and listen... Is eith...

I bought some from them, it went fine.

Note that the Domino on the Zero is dual hall and the Domino available is 5k pot.

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And speaking of Ruckus... Ruckus there will be now. Just dropped my boy off at his moms so it is time to remove the kid trailer from the trike, turn up the voltage and current limit, and "2 wheel motion" the town. I have riding it on 2 wheels dialed. Faster the better. Minimal riding gear is leather...

Maybe some "E" Trivia. IIRC, I read or was told by an Ametek tech that the "E" Series units came about out of a need to meet E.U. standards. Oh yes - the topic Hmmm... Interesting At all the places I have worked that ship to the UK, it is certain that they hold a higher standard than we do. More sh...

The 60-18E successfully charged a 12S 10Ah pack as well as a 12S 25Ah pack. We rode them here: 20180814_195032-2656x1494.jpg 20180814_195039-2656x1494.jpg By quadcopter or feet + swimming its only a couple hundred yards. By non-floating bike you have to round the harbor. If your in Santa Cruz this i...

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Soldered in new fan
Ran in the 11 fasteners into the lid
Fires up and works

Fan may be louder.... but I like loud fans
Blows like hell

... to celebrate...

We will charge up the Ebike's and ride them out to dinner

(McDonald's of course... because we are "balling on a budget")

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Kid woke up
Mini-rant over
(that one had a 6mo delay on it)

Next Episode (no pun intended) we will figure out what is going on with that primary and the jumper to feed 120V to the Fan

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And this is justified by the old "two birds with one stone" If You find yourself needing to "figure out what a PCB board or Schematic does" well... You can charge hours - eh... "learning" Lol That does not look good right? I mean... yea... you can skim a schematic in 15 minutes Thats not what I am t...