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Well, there's Risk Averse and RISK AVERSE! but I understand that you have to be comfortable with what ever you do. If such nervousness were more wide spread then that would be the end of the ebike industry, so for the rest of us, please consider being more conservative on how you share your...

This leaving batteries on charge overnight being the (possible) cause of fires - I don't think leaving them on charge per se is the problem but rather something else in the charger/battery system that is causing the fires, but what, I don't know. I mean, our laptops, mobile phones and many other...

The countdown timer in my link above, counts down just the once and that's it by default - there is a repeat option if you require it though, but I've no idea how that works as I don't use it that way.

Here's the timer link on Amazon - £10.99

That's a bit beyond my expertise (such as it is). I would guess you somehow need to monitor the current drawn by the battery as during the balancing process the current drops gradually to zero. If this state could be detected and made to trigger a relay or something.......? I've taken a simple...

For my 36v bottle battery I knocked up (as in a basic construction) a battery capacity tester as seen in one of the pics below. The schematic diagram shows a battery that is connected (point A) to a wattmeter and then switched through to a resistive dummy load. My battery is nominally 10Ah but I...

I follow "Ebikeschool" on YT - the guy has a wide knowledge of the subject and if you watch his 'Top 5 predictions for the 2023 Ebike Industry' (link) he reckons that due to increasing demand, the price of ebikes will come down, or stay the much same but with better components. So it may well...

Just lubing may or may not free up the pawls/other and it may or may not stay fixed. Given that a re-occurence may occur and given how that could leave you stranded *, ideally it is preferable (IMHO) to strip down and make sure there is no damage. Unless of course a breakdown isn't much of a...

I am looking to build a 10s2p 36v battery pack for my 250w TSDZ2. The TSDZ2 controller is set to a max current draw of 15A I nearly always ride in ECO mode with an average current draw of around 4A with the ocassional peak of 8A-10A in the next higher assist level. With generous help from...

@Zlatan , Well, I'm not in for another ebike but if I were I'd be avoiding Giant for sure (and anyway, I'm a 'kit' man TBH) - you've been unlucky with that one.

I would guess the pawls in the freehub/freewheel have either got stuck (squirt in some lube to see if this improves things), but it's best to get the right removal tool eg one for a freehub or freewheel and replace it to give you confidence for future cycling. (Freehub is like Shimano cassette...

I'm guessing it's a cadence sensing power delivery system rather than the more intuitive torque sensing one. Decathlon are known for good value products so it'll be good to hear your thoughts when you've seen it.

I'm thinking you're not clear on describing battery configurations.(let alone tinkering!). Do be careful! If it is a 36v battery then you have 10 cells in series and if it's 10x3 (or 10s x 3p) then there's a further 2 cells in parallel with the first cell. Each cell has a nominal voltage of...

Hi @matthewslack -my battery build ambitions are similar to yours and @Nealh has been a fountain of knowledge

I'm the original poster of this thread, so has anyone bought batteries from cell supply then? Someone way up thread (before the thread hijack) mentioned that it'd be necessary to balance reclaimed batteries but I'd have thought you'd do this even for new ones. Any

Oops, my mistook - durgh :rolleyes:

I'm the original poster of this thread, so has anyone bought batteries from cell supply then? Someone way up thread (before the thread hijack) mentioned that it'd be necessary to balance reclaimed batteries but I'd have thought you'd do this even for new ones. Anyway I've now got the balancer...

@Nealh I briefly looked at the specs for the P42a and P42b but didn't spot any difference although I'm guessing there must be - can you enlighten me please?

As more data is collected then the more knowledge as to what triggers AF becomes known, but it certainly isn't an exact science. The best an individual can do, and this includes anyone, not just cyclists/sports people aged 60 or over, is to be as pro active as possible about their health...

Yes, you're right @Nealh - I asked the question of them and their reply was: