Poor man's smart charger - reload

[AZguy]

Why?


Should platinum be accepted? That makes more sense as it has intrinsic value and its present and future worth is much easier...

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Very, very unlikely it has anything to do with a relay - the relay would have to be open and the magnet very close, very powerful and at exactly the right...

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I'd encourage you to look into the voiles, they really do work a lot better although I think the velcro are better than nothing and I stopped having issues...

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The idea is to pull the battery tight in the mount - I realize maybe some little rubber pads might help if it is recessed but I figured it likely wasn't...

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Do you mind showing a picture of the underside with the mount removed? There are more than one style of connections on those. Looks like the charging...

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After breaking mounting tabs on one mount, arcing one set of connector contacts and cracking one battery shell, I started by using the velcro stuff -...

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I understood that but it still seems like something that will prevent the battery from rattling around is what's needed

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I don't have an X1 and please, no offense meant - I may be way out in left field - but.... why aren't you guys that are riding on aggressive terrain just...

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Most throttles are hall sensors (the throttle moves a magnet) so conceivably if you get a strong magnet near the throttle you can cause a throttle signal...

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I've mentioned many times about how I've put some diodes in series on cheap charger outputs to limit the termination voltage and it's always worked pretty...

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Long time ago I got a twist shift when they first were all the rage but didn't care for it much - vastly prefer my present trigger, a shimano M8000. I've...

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BTW many electric motos that have no clutch get rid of the foot operated rear brake and move it to the left handlebar where the clutch used to live

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I did a quick search and according to Rene Herse Cycles:
I had heard it was the other way in europe but sounds like the french are holdouts
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A 2000W will cover about 99% of anything that can run of a standard 120V wall outlet

And I thought the steve austin thing was a reference...

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Yup, just like moto... they are very inexpensive too, the grip cost a lot more =]

I don't use the throttle much - just for fast varying terrain...

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Brown thing is almost certainly a "PTC thermistor for overcurrent protection" - colloquially known as a polyfuse

They are durable...

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I really like ergon grips with the right-hand twist half-throttle - if I could do something similar on a moto I'd consider it

I swap front...

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Agree - keep shifter and derailleur from the same manufacturer... chains and cassettes are definitely a different case though

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Sunrace has many cassettes with all steel cogs which are very suitable for mids - I'm running one of their 11-speed with a BBSHD... they also offer wider-ratios...

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11sp are for the most part very cross compatible - 12sp not so much...