DaLanMan
10 kW
Ok, to background: I am an independent contractor, which means I don't report to anyone, but my boss still sucks. It leads to having weird work stories.
I knew there was an auction coming on due to an alarm I had set (no clue when) and no idea why I wanted to look at it...
So I bought 3 Jetson e-bikes.
2 of the bolt pro JBLTP-BLK-OB
1 J10 JJ8-BLK
This is where I learn a few things. Jetson sold a lot of stuff at Costco.
Jetson seems to have nearly killed the company with Costco return issues.
All of this is speculation. i literally am making WAG's on it.
I also think they don't make their own products.
For unknown reasons, no bikes had seats.
2 of them had no peddles.
Peddles ordered, arrived, bolted on no problem.
Seats... ::shakes head:: asked the suppport folks about what size seat riser was needed, got info, ordered. No fit. try again, ask, order... no fit. Break out measuring tools 30.4mm I had never heard of this size. Ordered, installed... almost perfect, few minutes in fab mode and a shim is installed and a brace to secure the outer portion of the crappy aluminum post holder.
Now i have seats... Time to look a little deeper.
Do I dare trust the guts? I see that the hub motors these all use are fair standard. So I am comfortable letting my son use one.
Should I dump and rebuild the batteries? cheeze whiz and cracker batteries have lead to a lot of problems I have seen, and smelly out gassing was a common reason these were returned to costco.
Now, chargers. I have a battery pack currently charging off my monster desk power unit that i have in the past used to power a test unit for induction melting of gold (I eventually bought one, but not before blowing like 5k playing with "cheaper" options and lighting a few boards on fire) Because I get the "approved" charger for these babies.. and it doesn't fit (Amazon is gonna hate me).
Return it, order the next one they supply info on.. same same. (also they offered a 36v charger where from what I see it should be at minimum 40v to charge these? I have no idea at this point)
So, I break out measuring devices, few minutes turning Data into products and I dig up this:
Charger that I think will work
That earlier I don't think they make these... The data I am given when I contact support appears to be random gibberish that may or may not have anything to do with Reality. They did not want to admit that they had made the J8, in fact they were astonished I found a model number. literally everything they have told me is like they looked up "what part goes on this part of an ebike" and gave me the #1 answer. I deal with shoddy support all the time, I have *NEVER* had a company not even know what bloody units they sold.
So, if I missed any crucial data points please advise, hell, If I gave all the data and you think I am an idiot.. please advise...
Oh, and for the record. 150 bucks for all three bikes, a solar battery/lighting setup for the front garden and 4 200w solar panels that were just too good to pass up. I love/hate on-line auctions...
--L
I knew there was an auction coming on due to an alarm I had set (no clue when) and no idea why I wanted to look at it...
So I bought 3 Jetson e-bikes.
2 of the bolt pro JBLTP-BLK-OB
1 J10 JJ8-BLK
This is where I learn a few things. Jetson sold a lot of stuff at Costco.
Jetson seems to have nearly killed the company with Costco return issues.
All of this is speculation. i literally am making WAG's on it.
I also think they don't make their own products.
For unknown reasons, no bikes had seats.
2 of them had no peddles.
Peddles ordered, arrived, bolted on no problem.
Seats... ::shakes head:: asked the suppport folks about what size seat riser was needed, got info, ordered. No fit. try again, ask, order... no fit. Break out measuring tools 30.4mm I had never heard of this size. Ordered, installed... almost perfect, few minutes in fab mode and a shim is installed and a brace to secure the outer portion of the crappy aluminum post holder.
Now i have seats... Time to look a little deeper.
Do I dare trust the guts? I see that the hub motors these all use are fair standard. So I am comfortable letting my son use one.
Should I dump and rebuild the batteries? cheeze whiz and cracker batteries have lead to a lot of problems I have seen, and smelly out gassing was a common reason these were returned to costco.
Now, chargers. I have a battery pack currently charging off my monster desk power unit that i have in the past used to power a test unit for induction melting of gold (I eventually bought one, but not before blowing like 5k playing with "cheaper" options and lighting a few boards on fire) Because I get the "approved" charger for these babies.. and it doesn't fit (Amazon is gonna hate me).
Return it, order the next one they supply info on.. same same. (also they offered a 36v charger where from what I see it should be at minimum 40v to charge these? I have no idea at this point)
So, I break out measuring devices, few minutes turning Data into products and I dig up this:
Charger that I think will work
That earlier I don't think they make these... The data I am given when I contact support appears to be random gibberish that may or may not have anything to do with Reality. They did not want to admit that they had made the J8, in fact they were astonished I found a model number. literally everything they have told me is like they looked up "what part goes on this part of an ebike" and gave me the #1 answer. I deal with shoddy support all the time, I have *NEVER* had a company not even know what bloody units they sold.
So, if I missed any crucial data points please advise, hell, If I gave all the data and you think I am an idiot.. please advise...
Oh, and for the record. 150 bucks for all three bikes, a solar battery/lighting setup for the front garden and 4 200w solar panels that were just too good to pass up. I love/hate on-line auctions...
--L