swytch new battery

[Georgezx9]

My wifes swytch max has poor range 12 miles on a good day, my Yose give about 35.
Toying with changing hers, but leaving the 250w motor/wheel fitted, I have disconnected the connectors to both motors and the connectors are identical 9 pins in a circular connector where the pins are different lengths,
Therefore can I not just buy the yose set without the wheel and fit, presumably pin configs are to a standard and are the same.

 

[saneagle]

Yes, if they'd sell it to you, otherwise you can use any controller and battery you want. Cheapest would be to just buy a battery and splice the wires into the controller.

 

[Cisco-man]

My wifes swytch max has poor range 12 miles on a good day, my Yose give about 35.
Toying with changing hers, but leaving the 250w motor/wheel fitted, I have disconnected the connectors to both motors and the connectors are identical 9 pins in a circular connector where the pins are different lengths,
Therefore can I not just buy the yose set without the wheel and fit, presumably pin configs are to a standard and are the same.

I can confirm too. I've got three bikes under my wing that were originally swytch - one a gen 2 and two a gen 3 (max). All are now running happily with a Lishui controller (C500 display) embedded in a Yose battery and slider (15.6Ahr), a Yose battery pack with a KT 17a controller with LCD5 display, and another Lishui controller with adhoc rebuilt battery packs.
The swytch PAS works with Lishui controllers, but I changed the PAS to an 8-pole KT one for the KT controller. You’ll need new displays too.

 

[mta102]

I can confirm too. I've got three bikes under my wing that were originally swytch - one a gen 2 and two a gen 3 (max). All are now running happily with a Lishui controller (C500 display) embedded in a Yose battery and slider (15.6Ahr), a Yose battery pack with a KT 17a controller with LCD5 display, and another Lishui controller with adhoc rebuilt battery packs.
The swytch PAS works with Lishui controllers, but I changed the PAS to an 8-pole KT one for the KT controller. You’ll need new displays too.

Can you specify which Lishui controllers you used, and where you ordered them from please?

 

[saneagle]

Can you specify which Lishui controllers you used, and where you ordered them from please?

In case you don't know, KT controllers work much better.

 

[Cisco-man]

My needs are simple. I don’t do significant rides any more due to age, and really just pootle around the countryside with my wife. I sorted out our three bikes that were originally Swytch gen 3 and my brother and his wife originally had swytch gen 2.

For two of the bikes, I bought the Lishui and KT controllers (photos attached), but I would make the point that I didn’t do much due-diligence reseach on the choice. They probably will not be the best choice of model. All purchases have been from eBay. The 15.8Ahr Yose battery pack I bought had the Lishui controller embedded in the battery slider.
Controversially, I am finding that the original Lishui controller in the original swytch setup is my favourite controller! I’ve got it mounted in a plastic box tiewapped to the frame.

 

[mta102]

My needs are simple. I don’t do significant rides any more due to age, and really just pootle around the countryside with my wife. I sorted out our three bikes that were originally Swytch gen 3 and my brother and his wife originally had swytch gen 2.

For two of the bikes, I bought the Lishui and KT controllers (photos attached), but I would make the point that I didn’t do much due-diligence reseach on the choice. They probably will not be the best choice of model. All purchases have been from eBay. The 15.8Ahr Yose battery pack I bought had the Lishui controller embedded in the battery slider.
Controversially, I am finding that the original Lishui controller in the original swytch setup is my favourite controller! I’ve got it mounted in a plastic box tiewapped to the frame.

Nice! And all you needed to change was the display and the battery - every other part of the Swytch Gen 3 (throttle, PAS, motor) was "plug and play"?

 

[Cisco-man]

Nope. I don’t use a throttle, but if your controller is a Lishui then it probably will be ok. The swytch PAS is compatible with Lishui, and probably swytch things will be.

With the KT controller I changed the PAS to a KT 8-pole, and everything else was changed except the hub.