Hello everybody,
Joined a few weeks ago to gen up on ebikes etc. as I want to get fitter and lose some weight. I suffer from chronic lower back pain so have to be careful as to what type of exercise is suitable. I'm thinking of taking up cycling again but am put off using a standard bike as I'm faced with steepish hills for about half a mile or so as soon as I leave the house. I really don't want to be having to put in maximum exertion as soon as I start a ride - hence my interest in an ebike as an alternative.
To that end, my father has lent me his Cyclamatic Power Plus to see if an ebike is suitable for me.
However, it does have a fault that I need to sort first before I take it out.
The ignition switch is faulty in that if the key is jiggled only slightly in the 'ON' position, the lights on the handlebar control go out meaning a total loss of power. (Jiggle the key back and they come on again and power is restored.)
Thus suspecting the switch contacts can't be making fully, I removed the switch assembly from the battery casing to investigate further.
Disappointingly, the switch is an enclosed unit including the locking mechanism -rather like a motorcycle ignition switch - so the contacts are inaccessible.
There is a grub screw which I removed from the casing of the switch and underneath there is a pin which I also removed in the hope that I could then remove the key barrel ( rather like that of a car) and hopefully expose the contacts underneath.but alas that didn't work either.
I have put it all back together and unsurprisingly, still have the same problem.
So my question is:- are the ignition switches available as a spare item? Are they generic or unique to each brand of ebike?
If not available, then my plan is to remove the two wires from the back of the switch, drill a hole in the side of the aluminium battery casing and mount a water proof single pole toggle switch of a suitable current rating (10A?). The two wires would then be attached to this new switch.
The existing key switch would then just act as a locking mechanism.
Thanks,
Andy.
Joined a few weeks ago to gen up on ebikes etc. as I want to get fitter and lose some weight. I suffer from chronic lower back pain so have to be careful as to what type of exercise is suitable. I'm thinking of taking up cycling again but am put off using a standard bike as I'm faced with steepish hills for about half a mile or so as soon as I leave the house. I really don't want to be having to put in maximum exertion as soon as I start a ride - hence my interest in an ebike as an alternative.
To that end, my father has lent me his Cyclamatic Power Plus to see if an ebike is suitable for me.
However, it does have a fault that I need to sort first before I take it out.
The ignition switch is faulty in that if the key is jiggled only slightly in the 'ON' position, the lights on the handlebar control go out meaning a total loss of power. (Jiggle the key back and they come on again and power is restored.)
Thus suspecting the switch contacts can't be making fully, I removed the switch assembly from the battery casing to investigate further.
Disappointingly, the switch is an enclosed unit including the locking mechanism -rather like a motorcycle ignition switch - so the contacts are inaccessible.
There is a grub screw which I removed from the casing of the switch and underneath there is a pin which I also removed in the hope that I could then remove the key barrel ( rather like that of a car) and hopefully expose the contacts underneath.but alas that didn't work either.
I have put it all back together and unsurprisingly, still have the same problem.
So my question is:- are the ignition switches available as a spare item? Are they generic or unique to each brand of ebike?
If not available, then my plan is to remove the two wires from the back of the switch, drill a hole in the side of the aluminium battery casing and mount a water proof single pole toggle switch of a suitable current rating (10A?). The two wires would then be attached to this new switch.
The existing key switch would then just act as a locking mechanism.
Thanks,
Andy.
