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It'll charge slow but otherwise be fine. If there's too many other things on the same circuit the worst that will happen is you trip a breaker or blow a fuse in your meter box

Get a 10A or even an 8A portable evse for travelling. Then you can plug into any 10A powerpoint safely.

I have learned not to have a "specialist" car unless I am a specialist. If you are not a hobbyist in the appropriate fields, avoid like the plague any transport which cannot be repaired by a commercial organisation in your reasonable vicinity. This is solid advice How comfortable are you working on...

imiev only uses aircon to cool the battery when it's fast charging Though given the hardware is there, it may be possible to modify it to run whilst charging or driving. likely would just have to apply 12v to the right spots to get everything to start the BMW I had in mind was this one: https://foru...

Any chance of air conditioning your garage? For the distances you propose. Maybe a conversion ev would be better. Lifepo4 batteries used in most conversions (up until recently) are not as sensitive to heat as the nmc batteries used in production cars. I note there's a BMW 318i up for sale at the mom...

So why do my first 2 calculations suggest 78kWh? Where is my error? Estimated Capacity = Charged amount kWh divided by percentage SOC increase x100 Is that kwh measured AC in? If so, keep in mind the charger isn't 100% efficient, and the rest of the cars systems don't draw nothing (running 12v, coo...

I'd be surprised if it didn't support single phase charging, particularly given the US market is nearly all single phase charging

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Wed, 25 Sep 2019, 20:50

I'm assuming that the bike has long been sold?

yes, to wovenrings, who has a spare charger

If you're looking for a Vectrix I am also shortly to have a leaf powered one up for sale. I am in Perth though

There's an LED on both sides of the charger (the second can only be viewed with the cover off. Are both not flashing? no possibility of battery voltage finding it's way to the enable line? (I use a 5k resistor on each line to protect against that happening, for a 144v nominal system) There's a numbe...

What size fuse are you using?

Semiconductor fuses do weaken over time if they're undersized (current goes above the continuous rating on the regular but doesn't exceed the I2t rating)

Is that 1600 aud or USD? How are they shipping it? $1000 in port fees + gst if it arrives at the wharf. Common carriers (DHL, FedEx, ups, Aust post/postal union, etc) don't normally take batteries that size Not too bad if you're buying whole batteries, terrible if buying individual modules There's a...

I should have just lent you my powerlab6

yep, dash shows amps into the battery (140V @ 10A = 250v @ 6A inc some losses) The display defaults to 30Ah of capacity as that's what the original nimh batteries were. Fortunately that's a good number to use for new CALB 40 Ah cells (remembering you're discharging them much faster than their standa...

Assuming the original charger is working, load the dugas firmware: http://dugasengineering-com.3dcartstores.com/VX1-HEX-Files_ep_56-1.html you will need a peak systems can bus cable (it's the only one that has the right drivers and onboard hardware) The range estimation is based on Ah count from ful...

Have you looked at the evoke bikes? Hub motors, but full size wheel and seem to have sufficient performance for you (130kph). https://www.evokemotorcycles.com.au/urban-series Fairly pricy I think, can only see one second hand one on bikesales and that says "huge savings on new" at $12,500. Still ab...

oh parts are easy to import

you pays your money, they hand over the goods to DHL or fedex or sometimes china post and it arrives at your door in 3 days or 4 days or 8 weeks.

that doesn't work for batteries though

where are you located out of curiosity?

Importing a new motorbike costs around $10k - $15k in harmonisation paperwork. It's only worth it if you plan on starting a business selling them There have been a few electric motorbikes sold in Australia - Vectrix, Zero, I think Brammo sold a couple There was at least one sport bike based on a hyo...

kona can tow too I'm pretty sure

nope, no watch batteries anywhere

I forget whether the clock is implemented in the dash itself (ICMR), or in the ICM.

swapping them out would be the way to go, though to swap the dash itself is a fair bit of work

ah yes, so the same BMS as I have In your case I would still use the master module to disconnect the charger, so that it does cycle on and off. Be aware though, that BMS is built for a top balanced battery. You will quickly end up somewhere in between top and bottom balanced fairly quickly, even if ...

I presently run a 45 cell - tc charger on a 42 cell LiFePO4 battery, and have done so for 6 months what bms are you using? I'm using the old EV Power BMS, direct connected to the charger. cycles the charger on and off when the first cell hits full (top balanced pack) If the BMS can disconnect the ch...

Is the runke definitely working? If so, then yes please. Happy to wait till you're back

Day 10 of ownership an incident occurred that the cameras picked up, sound, numberplates and our cabin commentary (I must restrain my language). On the freeway south bound, near Joondalup, A 4WD was trying to overtake on the railway side emergency lane, even putting their wheels into the dirt, whil...

I find myself chasing a Vectrix charger, if you still have one for sale?

Ah, no field weakening then. Hmmm tedious.

Quick shift gearbox though. How long does it take to change gear?