hbarsquared
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I have a BH Atom that I bought new in 2019 that has developed a very annoying problem. The pedal assist will cut out for a period of time (initially about 5 seconds, now up to 30), and then cut back in. This repeats on regular intervals - it isn't random like you would expect with a loose connection or a short, the intervals are never shorter than about 5 seconds. Initially it was infrequent, but it has been getting much worse. My wife has the same model so I've been able to rule out some issues.
- It is not the battery or control unit (computer?), I've swapped in my wife's and the issue still occurs
- The computer never turns off or loses power. It reports a reasonable value for the instantaneous power even during the outages
- I found a post on a different forum that claimed the connector between the battery and the frame had a flaw where it could sit too low resulting in an intermittent connection. I've shimmed the connector to raise it up about 1mm