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  1. ultimatenic

    Time for a new battery? How will a degraded battery act under load compared to resting?

    I've been having some issues with my ebike battery. It is a 48V 15AH ping with high rated BMS (continuous discharge of 60amps). My bike is a 1500W and likely pulls 30-50AMP at full throttle. I've had the battery about 2-3 years and have always ridden full throttle, always. The issue is that the...
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    Help troubleshooting odd ebike power issue

    Thank you everyone. Yes so far I've searched the bike for shorts or bad wires. Everything looks good. I've also tested the voltage of the pack and the cells in the pack. Voltage always looks good before and after incident but a few of my cells are underperforming big time and the pack is not...
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    Help troubleshooting odd ebike power issue

    Wondered if any of you have experienced this. My bike developed this issue and I cant figure out if the battery has lost capacity or my motor controller or BMS is burned out or what. I have a 48V 15ah ping battery. It's about 3-4 years old. Last winter temperatures got really low and battery...
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    Hub motor phase rewire going haywire!

    UPDATE: so while I dig in to my rewired motor I hooked up a brand new motor so I could keep crusing. Well new motor wouldn't turn and I kept getting an error code. After fiddling with it the controller stopped responding all together. Is it possible that I blew my controller when my first motor...
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    Hub motor phase rewire going haywire!

    Any insight you folks can give me would be much appreciated. So I got close to burning out my hub motor and decided to air cool it, in the process tore the hall sensor wires and decided to rewire the whole thing and double the size of the phase wires. After a few weeks of working on this I got...
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    Best place to buy phase and hall wires?

    These cables look like the easiest approach. How have you verified that the cables can handle 30amps? I've emailed both vendors and they are a bit dubious on the specs.
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    Best place to buy phase and hall wires?

    Any opinion on automotive GXL wire? So far this looks like the best online wire deal I have found. http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-FEET-AUTOMOTIVE-WIRE-12-GAUGE-GXL-WIRE-TEN-COLOR-CHOICES-U-PIC-FREE-SHIPPING-/261971111229?hash=item3cfeb1ed3d
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    Best place to buy phase and hall wires?

    I'm in Southern California. Where's the best place to get Teflon wrapped wire? It's for phase wires going through the axel.
  9. ultimatenic

    Mounting motor controller to close to rider?

    Great replies folks thanks!!! I've had no arcing just curios if it could happen. Sanding down the edges is a great recommendation. I went ahead and moved controller and have had no issues....
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    Best place to buy phase and hall wires?

    Anyone know if there is a vendor/brand who sells pre-grouped and shrunk phase and hall sensor wires or that are just optimal for hub motor? If not can anyone recommend best online or brick and mortor store to buy wires? Looking for 12awg 3 conductor for phase and 32awg 5 conductor for hall and...
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    Mounting motor controller to close to rider?

    Has anyone come across an issue with a motor controller mounted to close to the rider and causing an injury? So i know the controller gets hot, but I'm wondering if it ever arcs or anything wierd like that occurring? Remounted my controller out of the battery bag because it was overheating...
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