I have a Dawes Swift with the Dapu centre motor and LCD screen controller, the battery is charged and there is power to the connector at the screen and switch but it will not power up or work in any way. Am I right in thinking that the fault lies with the screen and switch if so where can i get another original or will any five wire unit work?
Dawes Swift
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Check the gap between the sensor on the rear frame and the magnet on the wheel spoke . If it`s too wide nothing happens . I have the Pro Rider` Flare` which is the same . I experimented by repositioning the magnet onto another spoke and found this out . The gap has to be pretty small to work .
Some bikes have sensors in the brake levers, tthere to sense braking and to then turn off the motor when braking, also a source possibly of an inactive motor, if the first tip above did not help.
Unplugging the electric wires going to the brake levers, will usually allow the motor to run, if thats the problem.
Measuring the battery voltage accurately and posting the result here, is the next best move I feel, once the previous tips have been checked out.
Best of luck.
Andy
Unplugging the electric wires going to the brake levers, will usually allow the motor to run, if thats the problem.
Measuring the battery voltage accurately and posting the result here, is the next best move I feel, once the previous tips have been checked out.
Best of luck.
Andy
I have measured the voltage at the five pin connector close to the display and it was 38.4 volts, the bike doesn't have brake sensors and the display does not light up at all.
Then I would hope that it is nominally a 36 Volt battery, somewhere in mid charge, (between 30 and 42 Volts), which of course would be working exactly as it should.
If the battery is nominally a higher voltage, say a nominally 48 volt battery, then the battery is IMHO, probably fully discharged, which might explain the problems you are having.
I do not myself (sadly!) know the nominal battery voltage for any/all e-bikes.
But when a Li-ion battery reaches a certain level of voltage, generally around 3 volts per "series" cell, then the Battery Management System kicks in to prevent a further loss of capacity.
If the charger is attached, but the LED indicator stays green, implying fully charged, then further charging is most probably being prevented by the BMS.
If this is a 36 volt Battery, then it should simply take a charge at the voltage you mentioned IMO.
I am sure someone here will know your bike and its voltage. Most are 36 volts nowadays.
If you need anything explained further, please just ask.
Andy
Is this the correct model of your bike? found this manual online that might be useful.
The battery is a 36V10.4Ah (375Wh), PANASONIC SANYO cell 2600 which appears to be almost fully charged from the led display on the battery. As there is power across 2 of the wires that go into the LCD display does this mean that the fault of the display not turning on or operating any of the motor features lie in the display and handlebar switch unit?
Agreeing with what Andy-Mat says above. If the battery is only showing 38.4v at full charge it is probably nearly dead. It should be around 42v. Even some pretty dead batteries can manage 42v at full charge, it's just when you start to use it that the voltage drops right down very quickly. The led display on the battery may not be very accurate; do a full charge and measure the battery.
You should not do this regularly, but leave it on charge a few hours after the charger light goes green. That might be able to balance the battery and bring up and cells that have dropped a lot.
You should not do this regularly, but leave it on charge a few hours after the charger light goes green. That might be able to balance the battery and bring up and cells that have dropped a lot.
The switch unit identifies the LCD as a Bigstone one, but the layout doesn't tie up with standard Big stone LCDs, so it's probably a special one for Dapu.
In principal, they all work the same and they work independently from the rest of the electronics.
They have 5 wires, normally:
Red battery positive
Black ground
Blue battery voltage that's switched on when the LCD is lit. This wire powers the motor controller.
Two data wires Tx and Rx that communicate with the controller, which can be any colour.
When you press the power button, the CPU latches it on to power the LCD and the blue wire. When you press it again, the CPU latches it off.
If the LCD doesn't switch on, it's because:
There is no battery voltage coming to it. Bad connection of the head unit if removable or interrupted red or black wires.
The switch doesn't work. Wire pulled off the LCD's PCB. Broken or worn out switch. Damaged connecting wire.
Damaged circuitry on the PCB. Water ingress. Corrosion. Wire pulled and shorted. Wiring messed with and battery wire connected to wrong position.
Whatever the cause, it should reveal itself if you can open the LCD and do some simple voltage testing.
In principal, they all work the same and they work independently from the rest of the electronics.
They have 5 wires, normally:
Red battery positive
Black ground
Blue battery voltage that's switched on when the LCD is lit. This wire powers the motor controller.
Two data wires Tx and Rx that communicate with the controller, which can be any colour.
When you press the power button, the CPU latches it on to power the LCD and the blue wire. When you press it again, the CPU latches it off.
If the LCD doesn't switch on, it's because:
There is no battery voltage coming to it. Bad connection of the head unit if removable or interrupted red or black wires.
The switch doesn't work. Wire pulled off the LCD's PCB. Broken or worn out switch. Damaged connecting wire.
Damaged circuitry on the PCB. Water ingress. Corrosion. Wire pulled and shorted. Wiring messed with and battery wire connected to wrong position.
Whatever the cause, it should reveal itself if you can open the LCD and do some simple voltage testing.
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Thanks for the E Kit link I have asked for a quote for the switch and display as they look identical to the one that I have fitted. Given that the handlebar on/off switch doesn't power on the display or the motor functions is it reasonable to assume that a new one will rectify the problems?
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