Recent content by dlwest

I would partially agree with that. The controller can be limiting the phase current it drives the motor with. Most of the motor softwares available use torque control algorithm where torque is proportional to stator current. Hence, the maximum torque depends on maximum phase current defined by...

Actually, even if the cells look to be out of balance with 0.1V difference, they still may have the same SoC because of steep V curve at low charge levels. I would be charging the whole string to see if the individual cell voltages will level up at above 3.3V.

I'd connect the bench supply to the whole string, with current limited to 100 mA. It will reach 32V in a few hours. After that, the BMS should be able to take charge in the normal way.

Looks good, where are you based? I'd come over to check it with an electronic load, cash on collection.

Actually, I have two Kalkhoff batteries successfully recovered exactly from that state. Both were forgotten in storage for some time until the BMS was no longer able to take charge. Recovered by trickle charging using a bench DC power supply. Don't know if any capacity was lost or not, but they...

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Please check charger output voltage first: it must output 42V briefly when you pull down the "R" pin on the cradle with 10k. If no other load is connected, 42V will disappear and the charger will lit green.

Looking for an old Derby Cycle (Kalkhoff Agattu, Raleigh etc.) battery with 5-pin bottom connector noted as "-"+"C"D"R" and 4-pin XLR charge port. In any condition.

Out of curiosity, is the old battery still with you? I am looking for a donor to get BMS board from. Thank you!

Have you tried charging through the side port, or through the bottom pins using dock stand provided with some Kalkhoff bikes? Is your charger original, or an aftermarket one? Side port pin 1 is a signal wire for the BMS to indicate the charger is connected. Pin 1 goes to 0V inside the charger's...

Oh, nice to know. Would they be able to help on the following? I have an Integrale battery which does not engage the main switch, for an unknown reason. All other functions, including the housekeeping 12V output, are present. When I bypass the output MOSFETs, the motor works just fine, just as...

Yes pretty much, I had a successful few miles test ride yesterday. Since the bike was down for a week anyway, decided to get the motor overhauled, cleaned, re-greased with belray waterproof grease and painted over. This appeared to be done just in time, as the ratchet and the crankshaft roller...

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So the root cause of the problem of the question mark being displayed instead of the charge level was the display not being able to communicate to the motor over the CAN bus. The culprits are below, the two small filter capacitors in the middle one of which gone short: The most tricky part was...