sn0wchyld said:
ha no probs mate. Just tryin' to give back some of the love ive gotten from es'ers over the past year or so. I look back at my first posts now, and its startling just how much ive learned. Hell, I didnt even know what 's' and 'p' on batteries meant then!
And while soldering + thicker wires is better for balancing, there's nothing wrong with using the ribbon type connectors. You just need to be aware of their limitations.
Yeah for balance leads, 500ma is probably all they are every going see, but when I had to charge each cell individually, 500ma is not going to suffice
. I was putting two amps through the balance leads, and they were a little warm, but nothing to worry about.
In other news, I finally decided enough is enough with my rear rack that was holding my controller. I mostly take my bike to work. And my job requires me to wear black jeans, or khakis. The black jeans I wear, are a little tight and I was getting tired of having to stretch my leg uncomortably over the rear rack. So my job yesterday and today was to build something that would hold the controller in the frame.
The first place I started was A&P to get some more of those orange champagne boxes, from the liquor department.... What else would I make a mount out of?
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I ripped the cap off the box I received from the Liquor manager, and melted some holes where the two bolts along the top side along the down tube, great place to mount stuff, in this case my controller
After finding the correct placement for me to mount the controller while allowing a me to take off the controller mount I melted the holes, neccesary to mount the controller onto the mount as. After everything was nice and set up, I spray painted the mount black to match the controller
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And after a good 5 hours of figuring out puzzles and such I finished everything, and here she is!
The thing I like about this new setup is the on/off switch is easily accessible and there is no need for me to do stretches before I haul my ass onto the bike
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And I personally think it looks ALOT nicer than it was before. Now that there isn't this Thing hanging off the back of the seat post.
BTW if anyone needs my rear rack, for anything let me know. I'll be happy to sell it for $10 (shipping not included).
BTW Idk why my pics are al appearing upside down, I will try to fix them later, I am in a rush.