As some of you are aware we had buckets of rain over the weekend, and my bike was parked out in it. So I'm guessing their might be water somewhere where it shouldn't be. This only showed up as I was arriving at work, some 23km from home. My concern is that it's not going to like going home without the fans operating. At the very least I'll have to keep a close eye on it and pick a route where I can stop if I need to.
If I do manage to get home where do I start with tracking down fan related issues? Obviously the sensors are still working, cause it's complaining about the heat. But it can't do anything about that...
What temperature is being reported (kill switch in off position and right brake displays battery temp in dash)
Most likely the temp sensors got wet. They're pretty unreliable anyway.
The only fan is on the motor controller. The battery fans get removed to make space for the larger lithium batteries. If the mc fan isn't working you wouldn't make it to work.
Given battery voltage is reported in place of est range, you're running a newer firmware version. Likely it will allow you to charge without temp sensors
Matt
2017 Renault zoe - 25'000km
2007 vectrix - 156'000km
1998 prius - needs Batt
1999 Prius - needs batt
2000 prius - has 200 x headway 38120 cells
The fans do run for me in normal operation. I can hear them after riding for a while and then stopping, esp on hot days or harder riding+regen.
Is there a concern if I continue to ride while in this state?
Obviously the bike would've returned to ambient temp while I was at work all day. But the trip home it could heat up again. It if it really is overheating, that's bad for the batteries right? Thermal runaway etc?
I remember following a conversation online years ago and someone commented that when using vectrixes in rain, the warning lights come on like a christmas tree, as anyone who's done that will know. I'm not sure if this is all you are talking about
