Search results

Quick update: This morning I cut the power wires similarly to what the fellow (Darthracing) mentioned in the link did. The bicycle worked as his did. This being that in the off position it works like a regular bicycle. In the first level/position of assist the motor starts as it should when one...

wme, You are right, but I'm not trying to use the old BMS. And true the new battery power will have it's own. However, in conversing with others on an ebike forum, it appears that the circuitry I am calling a BMS perhaps does more functions than a simple BMS. On this ebike there is a two...

Thanks 0truck0 for the reply. I have the battery out and this is really not a simple case of installing batteries in a plastic frame, welding on some strips of nickel and closing up a case. These cells are grouped in a pattern of three in cross section and eight cells end to end. The cell...

A quick update and a question: Replacement batteries in the form of three Li Time 12.8 volt 12Ah LiFePo batteries arrived. As they came they measure 14.2 volts each and when in series measure 42.7 volts. IMHO this is close enough to the ebikes original battery voltage of 43.2 volts. The amperage...

Update: Written on controller 11/25/17 which either the date of manufacture or date of installation. It would appear the ebike is just over 6 years old. Also the wiring is internal and runs up along side the seat post. The seat post is contained and held in an eccentric tube inside of a tube one...

Hi Larry, Will do, although Will may want to move this thread to "Chit Chat" as it seems less solar and more tangential. Our goals are similar. I still wish to end up with a simple, robust and stand alone setup where the battery can be directly charged from a solar panel(s) and controller...

Thanks for the reply MTM, The battery is still in the bike... Right now it acts "DEAD" which is sort of what I would expect if it was left in storage (which the condition suggests) and so I expect the batteries voltage dropped below what the BMS would recognize. The bicycle looks like it was...

Hi MTM, I guess you have guessed this is my first ebike and while I feel at home around most standard bicycles (I have a stand and most of the tools and do all my own repairs/replacements etc. and have an embarrassing number of bicycles) I am low on the learning curve with respect to ebikes...

Hi MTM, Here's a link to what came up when I searched the 8FUN Bafang motor: https://www.electricbike.com/250-watt-hub-motor/ .Here is a discussion of one person's answer...

I recently acquired a Faraday Porteur S with what I suspect is a dead battery. These bicycles were the result of a Kickstarter startup which went out of business few years ago. The original battery was built of 18650 cells and were internal to the down tube of the bicycle frame. Replacement...

This is current: https://www.costco.com/lion-energy-safari-ut1300-2-pack.product.100663833.html Good thru 8/1 2021 ...still available as of this morning...I just ordered another pair. Hope this helps, Wiley

Joey, I built my home and when I was inspected my the state electrical inspector he demanded that I change the ground wire from ending at the well casing (after connecting to the ground rod) to a situation where the last item connected was the ground rod. So the ground wire went: panel to well...

You might consider this method to meet the grounding requirement. It is what what used in the service to my shop: https://www.ecmag.com/section/codes-standards/what-ufer-ground-concrete-encased-grounding-electrodes Hoping this helps, Wiley

Nekobasu, I'm just getting started in ham and getting my license but here's link you might find useful regarding a small portable setup: hope this helps, Wiley

It's all well and cool when one simply conjures up Amazon on the computer and has a desired piece or component delivered next day but not all the world has that ( "WoodsieLord" for instance and many others I suspect). But when things go amiss, well... I would like to see some work arounds...

Fuzzmunky415, The info is on page 5 of the pdf manual, listed as #12 and in a box they have "Storage Temperature" and then another box with two separate lines: The first: -4 ~ 113F 45 ~ 85% RH The second, and underneath the above info: 14 ~ 95 F 45 ~ 85% RH So which is it? minus 4 degrees...

Pedro, Here's a link to one of the many bicycle generator's you will find on You Tube: This one uses the sort of junk you might more readily find (this is a dystopian build without the advantages of more modern electronics). However, building something that produces enough power via a bicycle...

However, some further thoughts about LIon: IMHO Their online manual (pdf) needs proof reading and lacks detail that I would like to have. for example: Storage Temperature -4 ~ 113°F 45 ~ 85% RH 14 ~ 95°F 45 ~ 85% RH So just what is that saying? And the manual...

I bought two on this Costco deal and they arrived yesterday. They came well packaged and shipped via UPS.

You might consider these: http://www.ventedcatheater.com/ These have been around for a fair while (I installed the 120 Ac model in our home 25 +years ago). They seem to get good reviews by the RV community.

Ped, Yes very close on that though it varies. Now that being said I have sailed from Hawaii to the mainland and from Hawaii to the Marquesas each passage with an onboard tankage of 76 gallons (not including two five gallon bailout/change of lifestyle plastic jerry cans). Here in the PNW water is...

I'm always amazed that more people don't install tanks for run off. I don't mean for this to get into some sort of contest (as some of my friends collection of tanks make mine look minor) I have 5500 gallons rainwater in a fixed tank with a firetruck fitting and 60 K in a lined pond (which has...

Thanks gnube, I have a really good team in Seattle at Virginia Mason so I have to treat it like getting on an airplane. As a passenger you have to trust the pilot and plane. Go with the best you can get/afford and sit back and try to enjoy the ride...

Well NMW if you really think they are worth something maybe we can work out some sort of deal where I ship them to you, you sell them and we split what you get for them. But even if you are up for such it will have to wait as the docs are not thru with me yet. I have a cardiac catherertization...

Supervstech, The panels that have the water intrusion are toast, the spare unused panel still works fine. I had it connected to a small 12 volt bilge pump running a water feature up at our pond for a summer. But now it's hanging out in my bar/ pool room as "tech art" someday I'll get it up on...

New Mexico Will, If memory serves it was $200. At that time the French government was heavily subsidizing solar thru out French Polynesia. Locals could purchase up to ten panels at a very low cost. I was good friends with many locals and one purchased his ten and sold three to me and like I said...

Here's an oldie but still interesting for those thinking nuclear apocalypse: https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ Lots of variables one can play with to see what could happen.

I would be surprised if it has a rating sticker based upon its vintage. I have a panel from 1979 and it measures about 16 inches by 41 inches...whatever that is in metric as the panel I have is French made, and I bought it new in Bora Bora in 1979 but that is not the point. The point being a...

I tried your link but it kept giving me a 404 error... page not found ? I looked but maybe missed it, did you answer Supervstech? Where do you live? Thanks, Wiley

Like chrisblessing I have been using tankless LPG on demand for a long time, well over thirty years. First a Bosch unit then went to a Vailland unit with the new house. The new owner of the old house didn't want on demand so I got that still functioning Bosch unit as a spare. We also have had a...

Today marks one week since I had a pacemaker installed. And with it came a list of activities that it would be best I no longer do and "things" it would be best that I no longer linger around. Among the former is arc welding, which while something I didn't do on a daily basis, was a skill I...

Least ways that hull seems plenty strong if you moved it supported as the pictures show on that trailer and with 12 inches of mud inside. Actually that single axle trailer did remarkably well too. What is the brand of the boat? "CruiseAHome"?

Rider, thanks I didn't know videos were turned off...my bad I thought they were only off on the mark 1 version . I'll work on it. Wiley

Last night I captured some entertaining videos of a bear at my pond and tried without success to post them. Anyone have any luck or offer solutions on how to post a wgi video file to the Forum? wgi is a Wildgame Innovations propriety format that seems to open well and easily on Windows. The...

Funny the preconceptions we all have. On another thread when I mentioned I live in the PNW (Pacific Northwest) Supervstech thought of ice flows. Around where I live when someone speaks of Canada directionaly we think: north of us. Out of curiosity I did a quick search on Google maps of...