Sidotian
10 W
Is regen breaking the same thing as EBS I'm only asking this question because if breaking with my hub motor consumes battery life id rather not use it.
Regen breaking
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wesnewell
100 GW
Regen braking does not use battery power. It regenerates electricity back into the battery. True EBS uses battery power to bring the bike to a complete stop. Regen braking will cut off once below a certain speed. Usually ~5 mph.
Sidotian
10 W
Ahh, so I assume that It would consume power in my particular case I have a yuyang programmable controller with Bluetooth. The app simply says EBS with the option of 1-10power I've used it and I don't get a voltage drop or amp draw showing on the app however the controller temp was higher than normal (60c) I can't deal with that controller temp because I keep my controller right next to my lipos so I keep it off
wesnewell
100 GW
A lot of vendors advertise regen braking a EBS, EABS, etc., etc.It's hard to tell which type it really is until you try it. the controller I have has both. regen braking is activated with a ground and EBS is activated with positive battery wire.
regen braking looks fine,
In my controller, KT-LCD6 (or 3) from conhismotor is this simple by switching on parameter C13 to 1
while braking you see then the loading feedback to the battery on the display,...
the big question stays,.. does this shortens the life of the battery? Using Li-ion this should not be a problem but I'm wondering if every regenerating braking feed - which happens a lot during every ride- not wil be seen as an entire cycle,.. and thus shortening the total charge cycles of the battery,..
In my controller, KT-LCD6 (or 3) from conhismotor is this simple by switching on parameter C13 to 1
while braking you see then the loading feedback to the battery on the display,...
the big question stays,.. does this shortens the life of the battery? Using Li-ion this should not be a problem but I'm wondering if every regenerating braking feed - which happens a lot during every ride- not wil be seen as an entire cycle,.. and thus shortening the total charge cycles of the battery,..
wesnewell
100 GW
I had about 16K miles on the last battery pack I had. I used regen braking about 4 times per mile, so that would equate to an additional 64K cycles on the battery pack over the 4.5 years I used it. So I wouldn't worry about the cycle life. I use rc lipo rated for a max 5C charge but charge at 1C or less.
