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Greetings ES peoples - Gosh, it’s been 5 years since the repair, and I’m here to report that’s about how long it lasts. Yes, it’s been 5 epic years and 10,000 miles before the RWD blew out the bearings last week. It started as a vibration, a slight flutter, like I was riding over a well-worn...

Hello iA - This is an old thread for sure. I just happened to have that charger right next to me for a completely different use. I took the bezels off both ends to evaluate, and I concur - the PCB is firmly emplaced. The unit appears to be a one-way construction with no plan to service it...

Hi Pancho – Oye, ¿cómo va? Thanks for the Schematics amigo! Searching Google on "xc866 controller MBC", I found an Infinion Spec Sheet: "8-Bit SAA-XC866". MBC means "Monitor & BootStrap Loader Control" and is on Pin-1. The MCU Reset is on Pin-38. Confirmed on my schematic that XC does...

Hi Pancho – Apologies for the late reply; I was busy last night doing what I do – write code. But now I’m here for you. Trivia about the PCB: The FET: http://www.irf.com/part/75V-Single-N-Channel-HEXFET-Power-MOSFET-in-a-TO-220AB-package/_/A~IRFB3607 RDS(on) = 9 mOhms!! 75V limit. 140W (via...

Hi Pancho – It is an old thread! :) Could you take a nice clear picture of both sides of the PCB please? I can try to answer some of these: 1. Unsure; picture is worth a 1000 words 2. Correct on my schematic. 3. Unsure, other than monitoring Phase C. 4. EBS = Electric Brake Switch...

Hello Runout – Thank you for the question - however I’m not an Electrical Engineer; my forte is Electromechanical Engineering which is a bit more on the component design and integration level. Therefore I cannot determine if your mod would work. If it were me and needed 300VDC OUT, I’d source...

Shingles On Thanksgiving 2014 – I began to have symptoms of head/chest flu that grew immediately worse of the next couple of days, and it really laid me out for about three weeks. By the time I started feeling normal again – about December 19th, I had contracted Shingles which evidently likes...

Spring Update 2015 New Headlights Some time ago during the last winter I upgraded the headlights to throw a lot more light onto the road. Previously the dual Cree UniqueFire 300 Lumen setup just seemed to be getting dimmer with time. I swapped these out with a pair of high-powered triple-LED...

Analysis of typical Radial Flux Iron-Core Motor having variable winds Concerns & Declarations: Claimant posits motors of the same manufacture/series having the same load and speed and wheel diameter will use the same power regardless of the number of winds. Effects of Controllers, Batteries...

Thanks Richard :) Understood; I will try to get a better picture of that over the next few days. Warrantee? We don't need no stinking warrantee :wink: Although I am super curious if the 1500 Lumen would have had the same voltage or maybe another LED; I'll take a look next time I'm at HD. A...

2000 Lumen Headlight Assembly Notes Preamble: My old LED headlights failed in an attempt to brighten them. Needed replacement ASAP. Need was worth more than the cost of waiting for best price to arrive. Solution was total MacGyver. Note: Repeating some previous information in order to...

Tying in another thread for reference: E-bike Roadkill? No, just Roadstunned I hit a raccoon tonight on the way home; not at all thrilled :( I was on a short stretch of road that divides the urban part of Redmond from the rural part, and there's a moderately large stream ("Bear Creek") in...

John: Hiding? Actually I work for a living, and when I’m not – I play. Been busy: This weekend I went up to Mt. Vernon and poured beer for a friend of mine at the Skagit Wine & Beer Festival; it was really an awesome experience and I was busy from sunrise to midnight. Sunday I barely had a...

You are correct! A transposition error upon my part - thank you for catching that. :) It should read: 7. Torque (τ) = Force (F) * Radius (r) Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque ~KF

Hi Richard - thank you for the tips! :D We've had a new development from the PNW Ghetto Grunge Garage… Snagged the Home Despot 1000 Lumen flashlights, QTY-2; the 1500 Lumen units would not fit in my backpack. No worries – the 1k are P L E N T Y bright by a factor of 3X each. 8) I...

Worm That Lived in Man's Brain for Four Years Has Genome Mapped Yikes! KF :shock:

Yes, the Cree flashlights have drivers built in. I have searched for candidates though fear that I am not well-adept in this field. Thus I ask for a lil’ help or boot up my backside in the general direction. My local Electronics supply carries NTE components; spendy but then it's same-day...

Posted my reply in a new thread to give you guys a break. Science, Physics, Math, & Myth ~KF

My Father-in-Law used to tell me: “There are two types of people in this world: Those that can count…” (with anticipation of a conclusion that never arrived) Moving the sub-conversation here to this thread where we do not disrupt a fruitful conversation on the MXUS thread that has apparently...

Got this bad boy a couple days ago and I finally had the time to hook it up this afternoon. Made the mods to my system where I could plug and play... The original circuit for the Crees was rock steady at 3.3VDC. The 12-volt feed into this unit was also rock steady at 12VDC. I switched over...

John, you have fallen on your sword and missed this by a wide frippen mile. I can't believe you actually posted the equation P = I^2R :lol: I love that Astro reference! Keep hittin' the Kool-Aid if it makes you feel good. It's pointless for me to continue questioning you when you have done...

:lol: ~KF

John, I struggle to believe the stuff you write. You have mixed metaphors and facts and your explanations do not add up. Forget trying to explain this myth business… you are not conveying a message that is believable. You appear to be unable to provide us with Math that proves your theory...

and to add... Bills forced to adjust by massive snowstorm Fingers - that belly dancer stuff was eww yuck creepin' me right out :shock: Gots the Heebie-jeebies now... Shower time, KF

Prague's landmark Lennon Wall painted over by anonymous culprits Hard to find good weirdness this week... ~KF