Jimmy at ebike batteries, important news

[flecc]

Please see this link

Looks like they will be more limited in what they tackle.

Seems Performance Line Bearings is unaffected though.

 

[soundwave]

and that's what you get with can bus encryption unfixable crap you have to throw in the bin and buy a new one at extortion prices.

the new bosch smart frame batts wont even work with my motor even tho they will fit just made not to work via software.

 

[Nealh]

One expects the overheads for rent and esp heating and electricty will have been a big motivator to scale down business.

 

[Woosh]

Adding to the issues that NealH mentioned above, recelling is difficult to scale up.

 

[Nealh]

The two floor unit Jimmy had covered quite an area and a lot of air to keep warm, the ground floor was pretty well full of stock and equipment when I visited some years ago.

 

[flecc]

The two floor unit Jimmy had covered quite an area and a lot of air to keep warm, the ground floor was pretty well full of stock and equipment when I visited some years ago.

What an odd world we are creating. First Covid made large number of people move their office place of work to their home, some permanently. Now we have a company moving their workshop to their home permanently.

What next, manufacturing to save on the costs!

There is a another good side to this of course. The large reduction in travelling and its environmental costs that it brings.
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[Woosh]

What next, manufacturing to save on the costs!

Wasn't it true that HP was started in a garage of their founders?

inside the HP200A, first commercial product hand built by the two founders:

that was well before they shifted production to China.

 

[flecc]

Wasn't it true that HP was started in a garage of their founders?

inside the HP200A, first commercial product hand built by the two founders:

that was well before they shifted production to China.

Yes, historically lots of big companies started that way, including manufacturing.

But now it's started going into reverse, moving back home!
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[Bikes4two]

• The link given above just says that they are 'downscaling' - until details are given, the impact on self-builders for instance can't be assessed.
• If overheads were one of the reasons for the change, then their prices may be more resistant to the overall cost increases seen in most manufacturing sectors, so the 'downscaling' for some may be a good thing.
• And where does it say work on the smarter 'canbus' type battery packs is to cease - not in the linked article - maybe somehwere else (any links?).

 

[Nealh]

The Gen 1 batteries were as mentioned fairly simple to recell.
Being a business there is little help in covering the extra heat cost in a commercial building so I guess working from home means only one bill .

 

[soundwave]

they have not touched can bus batts for a while now as if power is cut to the bms it gets bricked there is a company in Germany that can do some of them but postage is not a option as it will just cost even more than a retail batt.

 

[guerney]

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https://ebikebatteries.co.uk/

" Further to the recent news of Jimmy’s downturn in health, I am happy to report that we are now open again and accepting new orders! Please note however that Jimmy’s treatment and recovery are on-going; he is in for the long haul and his recovery is not on a completely linear trajectory – some days are better than others.
As such, and as Company Director, I will be prioritising Jimmy’s health and will be more selective about the work I take on. Customers may also have to prepare for the fact that they will need to wait longer than preferred for work to be completed.
I appreciate your patience and understanding in this regard.
Kind regards,
Cem (‘Jem’) "

 

[Benjahmin]

Quick, somebody tell Saneagle, they have their pulse chargers on line again - he said he wanted one.
I have one of the standard 2A chargers, it feels reassuringly solid and heavy. It stays relatively cool whilst charging and just generally looks the bussiness.

 

[saneagle]

Quick, somebody tell Saneagle, they have their pulse chargers on line again - he said he wanted one.
I have one of the standard 2A chargers, it feels reassuringly solid and heavy. It stays relatively cool whilst charging and just generally looks the bussiness.

Are you sure about that? I don't even know what a pulse charger is. The only ones I know are to disulphide lead batteries, and I've had one of those for ages.

 

[Benjahmin]

Ooops. Maybe my old git brain has misremembered.
They say that they start at low output with pulses of high output whilst sensing the battery voltage. If it's low then the charger will continue in low mode until battery voltage comes up enough to allow normal charging without high current. They claim this will charge batteries that are too low for a standard charger to charge.
That's how I read it anyway.

 

[Woosh]

Are you sure about that? I don't even know what a pulse charger is.

it looks a bit like Dr Who's sonic screwdriver.

 

[saneagle]

Ooops. Maybe my old git brain has misremembered.
They say that they start at low output with pulses of high output whilst sensing the battery voltage. If it's low then the charger will continue in low mode until battery voltage comes up enough to allow normal charging without high current. They claim this will charge batteries that are too low for a standard charger to charge.
That's how I read it anyway.

Thanks, I remember something about that now. I don't want one though. I'd always want to open the battery and check the cells first, then you can use any charger to charge the cell-pack or cells direct, bi-passing the BMS. I just did that last night to repair a hoverboard battery that had been forced too low by a shorted and blown MOSFET in one of the controller's. Luckily, the BMS LVC saved it, but the cells were a little out of balance, so one was too low to allow normal charging.