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Thanks man. Painful process so far! The battery charger it came with turns itself off after it's charged and then every 30 seconds or so it'll turn back on for short while, I'm assuming that's for balancing? I'm fairly sure the battery is full but do you think I should leave it charging longer?

Well, I remember wiring the power cables the wrong way round into the male and female kettle lead connectors (the type you wire yourself) and plugged them in and there was a definite pop. I think I have damaged something though.. I'm not sure what. I finished wiring it up into the bag and went...

That's the very same. There must be some protection in there then as it worked fine afterwards .. despite the crack pop noise that made me jump out of my skin. Can't have done it any good though.. Maybe that's why I'm seeing a reduction in performance?

Quick update. Things are working much more smoothly but I still don't trust the chinese wiring and plan to replace it asap. Everything is made to what I'd call an adequate standard but the wiring, particularly the spade connectors, are pretty poor and I've seen various performance issues as a...

Yeah I am aware of the legal limits. I'm not doing anything crazy on it and my commute takes me (mostly) over farmland roads with public rights of way. At the moment I'm still having issues with power cutting off if I put more than 30% throttle. I'm not sure what would cause that but I'm...

Ok well, this is embarrassing. I was taking the motor out of the bike ready to pull it to bits. As I disconnected it from the controller I noticed the cheap chinese connectors in one of the "molex" style plugs (pictured on the right) had pins made of very flimsy metal, when I initially...

Mm yes it has been a bit of a slog but I'm on my own and have no experience of bikes or electric motors so it's been a fun learning curve. The motor does turn, I can actually ride the bike, it judders a little violently at low "revs" and then power eventually cuts out and I'm dead in the water...

This thread is basically me talking to myself. Hehe Whilst I wait to take the motor apart, is this normal? Connected up for about twenty minutes and now just does... This aPRI2yG9pMs

Been researching, this sounds like the problem I'm having. http://goldenmotor.com/SMF/index.php?topic=3456.0 When I first connected up the battery I accidentally reversed the polarity because I was a tired and impatient idiot (note the plaster / bandaid in the video) It made a slight pop and I...

Hooked it all up. God awful noise from the horn. pi6MqpGtG6s God awful noise coming from the hub. Is this normal? Have I bought a bad motor or mounted it wrong? bHYa49X1qA4 If I pedal without power, there is no noise. I've removed the brakes and tied back all the loose cables, nothing is...

Finally feel like I'm making progress! I have very little idea on how to engineer things and pretty much all of my friends think this is hilarious but I am giving it a go.The battery was way too wide on arrival, about 160mm. I've split the pack and now it's narrower than the controller which is...

Received a wholesale pack of 10 sets of clarkes vbrake pads today, only £10 so even if they only last a year, I'm happy with that. What may interest some of you, particulary any Brits, is the triangle frame bag I'm going for. I saw the Falcon EV bag but for me it wasn't wide enough and also a...

I will check the voltage drop when I'm ready to hook it all up. If I have to change the cable between the packs, should I be doing the same to the cable to the kettle plug? This is the cable that came with the battery so I assumed this would be good enough. The controller has no values on it so...

I see what you're saying. I wasn't sure about cable thickness, I just used what came with it so thought that would be enough. I think it's about 6mm? Does this mean I need to replace the cables to the kettle lead plug ? As for the sensor wires, I haven't moved them, they all connect to the...

Incremental update. I've cut the pack in half (more or less) with a bit of a gap on one half for the bms. The kettle lead plug socket was part of an extension. I found this extension made by wrapping two wires together with electrical tape rather than solder. I figured this probably wasnt...