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    Charger recommendation

    You got it mate, a boring "Can you recommend..." thread is just begging for trolling innit :p <-- smiley
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    Charger recommendation

    Amended.
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    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    This way to the Brexit thread -----> ;)
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    Charger recommendation

    True but perhaps not something to rely on. Edit: For 42.1V it hardly matters, but perhaps not an approach to rely on generally. If the charger provided, say, 44V and the BMS just carried on draining, and so the charger didn't see a small enough current to trigger cut off, and the user left the...
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    Charger recommendation

    At the price point for 3A chargers selectable current is unlikely but you should find one with a voltage trimmer to cover future drift. The shopping (and price) advice is so true that oddly it's best to view a charger as a short life consumer good: make the best of it and replace when it fails...
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    Charger recommendation

    +1. A better way to cater for being in a hurry is to leave the battery charged to around 60% so that there's less to top up when it's needed, a basic socket timer is useful for that. A substantially higher charge current may not be good for the cells and it's less effective at higher State of...
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    Cheapish Motor Wheels

    How many wheels? ;)
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    Can i run KT36/48-ZWSR without display

    With everything connected ready to work, for every part post a photo showing what it is, with the label if it has one. Post photos showing details of every connection, showing the wire colours on both sides of the connector if you can. Tell us about anything that can't be photographed (like...
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    Cheapish Motor Wheels

    Assuming that Woosh is one of the businesses contributing towards hosting this forum that would be asking for reasonable etiquette, but still I don't think it would work in their favour. It comes across quickly to visitors here that Woosh supports their products to the hilt, equally that those...
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    Cheapish Motor Wheels

    Is this as it reads, that a buyer isn't tied to their employer's choice of scheme, and won't be tied to dubious buy-back terms either?
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    Can i run KT36/48-ZWSR without display

    Fine throttle control is like close gearing, you wouldn't call 30 speeds necessary but sometimes I miss them when I've 8. I often ride with the meter showing around 40W and it 'feels right'.
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    Can i run KT36/48-ZWSR without display

    I'm looking forward to testing it when mine arrives.
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    Can i run KT36/48-ZWSR without display

    Not sure I understand, you're saying without an LCD the PAS level defaults to 1, giving max battery current = 13% of controller 'max' rating, and a wheel off the ground spins up to full speed when the pedals are turned, yes? What happens if you repeat that adding 50% throttle, do you get (up...
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    Can i run KT36/48-ZWSR without display

    I thought KT controllers defaulted to TS aka current control, throttle would cover 0 to WOT and a scooter won't need PAS levels. Aside from the speed limit what best LCD features will he miss out on?
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    EZ Rider Brompton Kit

    The Batteries section in these CAA regs begins What is a lithium battery? so it seems fair to ask What is a Brompton? If it's a Mobility Aid for disability, health or age the limit's 300 Wh, better still if it's Lithium battery-powered equipment capable of generating extreme heat it seems to...
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    BMS Balancing "optional"

    Yes great fun. My guess is that if the cells are already in balance the BMS blocks the charging current rather than bleed all cells evenly. The battery and thermocouple need thermal insulation, balance current is small and the cells will warm up during charging. But what if you were to open...
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    Confused and looking for 48v 250w rear hub since Yose won't sell me 250w 36v kit with 15ah battery

    Another way to look at it is that a motor effectively takes up to X% off gradients. For a commute you already manage most systems/kits should make it a fair bit less tiring and slightly faster. Designing a system to let you do what you couldn't before or make your journey significantly...
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    Happy Christmas all!

    Happy Christmas to all and especially to our two supportive Traders, wishing you a successful year to come.
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    EZ Rider Brompton Kit

    Those are called shaped ebike connectors, although extending the wire is another option. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145197004102 A pair on eBay will set you back £9, on AliExpress £3.80 to Europe but not available to the UK. See...
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    Prices of the electricity we use to charge

    That's shocking, could an American household really survive on 1kW? And wasn't the real Matheson scandal that anyone would dare charge £11000 for 5 or 6 hours data roaming in the first place?