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ridethelightning said:because of this, i have recently been toying with the idea of having the controller mounted on a bracket from the seatpost, where it comes out near the shock.
this could then be incorporated into mudgard mount/structure aswell.
this would be better practically, but perhaps loose a few points asthetically(?)
Im still seriously considering it.
+1 to the gasket around the hatch opening.
this project is also one stall after another for me, so much to figure out if you want to do it right first time, and not end up with a swiss cheese nyx :lol:
I'd like to see how you do it if you ever do mount it by the seat post, let me know if you ever go through with it. My first ebike has a "cargo rack" style enclosure for the controller, I'll get a few pictures of it but don't think it is much different than a few others have posted, but maybe there aren't as many as I thought, regardless I'll get a picture of it up for you.
macribs said:For the controller the consensus seems to be to have the wires downward so that watersplashes/rain/morning dew or whatever don't travel on the wires and try to enter the controller as it would do if wires was pointing upwards. I guess if you are set on routing the cables in a way that would make more sense with the wires sticking out on top, rather you could mount the controller with wires exiting at the bottom, make half a loop so the lower point of the half loop is lower then the lowest point of controller and route the cable along the side of controller to your favorite place of entering the frame.
Come to think of it, madin88 did a clever thing with the max-e. He got his adaptto in the frame but connected to a heat sink. Then the heatsink itself is mounted outside the frame. No need to worry about water. You could do the same, even use heat pipes for connection. And from the pics it does not appear that madin's solution is eating up much space. This way your controller could be safely tucked away inside the frame, protected from the elements yet still get air cooling. If you use heat pipes for connecting the controller to the heatsink you will get even more cooling - and a closed loop cooling setup for the controller.
Thanks macribs, that was my understanding to the logic of pointing the wires downwards too, that's a great description I appreciate it.
That is a really nice ride Madin88 has there! I've read a lot of his posts and have been meaning to drop him a line for his work with the Adaptto's Owner's thread. He's got some great ideas, I hope to get more involved outside this post when I get the majority of it under control and knocked out of the way...shouldn't be soon here's an update a few more days...if it runs that is ha, and than just some brackets and water protection stuff but should be able to get a few passes down the street on a nice day in a few more days.
Ended up powder coating the clamps Red myself. Always wanted to powder coat and happy with the results so all in all I'm pretty pleased for my first go at it.
It's starting to look more like a bike. The controller is mounted temporarily and I'm half rushing this just to get it running at this point, and half rushing because I may be moving in the very near future..still under discussion with the wifey...so understand that some of what you see is just to get me to the point of knowing that it runs. Things like water protection and bash guard for the controller and fenders n all are still going to get done and I still want to have it to have that clean look like it was made as a complete bike...will have the updates for now I'm under the gun a bit..more pics to come very soon possibly a video too..
BTW keep an eye out for me, my next post may be an SOS trying to get it running. Hoping to get a video of that process too in case it helps someone or someone can see where I went wrong if I do..not sure how I'll be working on it while holding the camera but we'll see.