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No. Without evidence, we do not. You would hope police action also hinges on this basic requirement.

Gary Stevenson, also known as Gary the Economist, is a British economist and former interest rate trader who gained recognition for predicting the 2008 financial crisis. He is known for his analysis of wealth inequality and advocates for policies to address economic disparities. If you haven't...

At present, sodium-ion cells are almost 50% as energy and power dense as lithium-ion cells, meaning that a pack of equivalent performance will be around 200% larger/heavier.

C1=5

That's a fair enough position and also the socially accepted 'truth'. Ask yourself however, do you want to be 'right', or do you want to be alive? A little pragmatism goes a long way.

I wasn't suggesting that I've never tried altering C2, just that I've never quantitively measured it's effect, nor seen a detailed explanation from Suzhou Kunteng Electronics.

I have always assumed that C2 alters the phase timing/order, but have never actually been able to confirm this. Phase degrees could be part of the calculation.

Older KT displays only have two options for custom parameter C2, newer displays have eight.

It could be argued that 'solar charging' is the paradigm and 'night cycling' is the solution.

No hard & fast rules here really. A battery is 'past it' when it no longer delivers the performance required.

Why on earth would you want to pedal harder in order to increase energy capture into the battery? Why not just use the pedals to power the bike directly, without any of the conversion losses, complexity and engineering challenges involved with regenerative braking? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big...

That is correct; they do not provide any DC rectification or voltage/current regulation. They only convert a Type-2 charging point to a UK plug socket (BS1363).

While I'm here, my thoughts on regen: Regenerative braking is not worth basing a whole build around. However, if you feel that a direct drive motor is the the right type of motor for you due to its reliability and high power capability, regeneration is a nice extra that is definitely worth...

It's what YOU are discussing, but not what was initially raised (using a turbine to recapture energy generated from a moving bike powered by a traction motor or pedal power). Apologies if I've misunderstood.

It doesn't have to. It just defines the MAXIMUM charge rate of the charging point. The reduction in charging current that you describe is a natural consequence of the CC-CV (constant current, constant voltage) charge profile used when charging lithium based battery chemistries.

Okay, but that's not what's being discussed here, is it?

Don't forget, the charge rate is practically limited by the current limit of your own ebike charger. AFAIU, the value of the resistor dictates the agreed maximum charge rate of the type 2 charging point, but I'm not 100% about this. Anyone else have any input?

Oh Christ! I can't tell who's being serious and who's not now. My fault for getting sucked into such ridiculous conversations....

It's not free power! The energy to power the generator has to come from somewhere. Rather than dealing with all the efficiency losses created through energy capture and conversion, why not just use the input energy to power the bicycle directly?

If you scroll down to the feedback on the product listing, you can see a number of individuals using it to successfully charge their ebikes. I think the 'handshake' you mention is just a constant voltage present on the 'CP' pin, dictated by a specific value resistor contained within the adapter...