Recent content by Returnformer

higher voltage isnt necessarily more capacity. think of it like two pipes of different widths. the wider pipe (higher voltage) will give more power, its a bigger flow. the ah is the capacity, thats the length of the pipe. the longer the pipe the longer itll last. if you have two pipes or...

update: i contacted em3ev, and the bms has bluetooth, so i was able to connect to it with an app and see whats doing. it seems the led got fried but the bms is still mostly working, its just out of calibration. theyre going to send me a new bms and led panel. it seems theyre really easy to...

ok, ill try that tomorrow. but if a fuse were blown, would it still be working? i decided to try charging it to see what would happen. charging seemed to progress mostly normally. even though i wouldnt have thought the first green led would be flashing at that voltage, i could...

i finally got around to opening it up, and i dont see anything like that in there, although its hard to see much. the backplate only comes off about a centimeter. theres wires running down under the cells that prevent it from coming off further. it looks like i could pull...

how do i check them? and are they easily replaceable?

yeah, i do, although its a small one. wow, so you dont cover it at all? a bog may be a bit different from salty spray from the road, though, i would think it would be bad for that to get in at all. my big question now is what to do about the battery as it doesnt seem to be working...

thanks. i may open it up fully as it looks like i may have to anyway, it seems the bms is no good or something. one of the lights was stuck on, but faded out. now when i turn it on, the middle green light doesnt light when it tests, and then the red light flashes instead of showing...

i have a 52v jumbo shark battery from em3ev. I noticed just now that my battery was on,even though it shouldnt have been. i tried turning it off, but that didnt work, the lights did funny things and in the process noticed a sloshing sound. i immediately unscrewed part of the bottom...

charge after each ride.

if you might use it some and theres a real chance that the price will go up significantly if you wait, i would just get it now. keep it charged appropriately and itll be fine, no degredation for the few months.

yup, ever since an incident with a truck i mounted a gopro to my helmet and record all my rides.

they had an ad on facebook that called them "unstoppable" or something. i replied "why, do they not have brakes...?" theyre ugly imo.

i dont disagree with that, although im not sure exactly how/why it makes a difference. but op's main concern seemed to be comfort, which imo is more flexible on an ebike.

i took a corner a little too fast or something yesterday, the rear tire was skipping or bouncing. luckily i didnt go down. i did have a trailer on it, though, thinking about it now, i wonder if i took it a little too sharp and the tire was hitting the arm of the trailer...

it might be a bit less stable than a properly sized bike for me, but im 6'4", and the bike i ended up using is a 19" frame. imo, for converting to an ebike, proper sizing isnt as important as for a bike for regular riding, as youre not really pedaling all that much. (assuming you use the...