Greetings all, I'm barand new to the e-bike world and am kinda stumbling through my first build. I acquired a voilamart 1500 48volt rear wheel kit recently, it went on my Cannondale MTB nicely but still waiting on the battery. My first question is, being the kit came with a grip throttle that just has a small display and a red button on it how do I adjust the settings like PA, wheel size and the other things you can do with some display controllers? I also acquired a salvaged 36volt Espin battery, is it of any use on my build? Also what other suggestions do you have for me going forward with this build? Thank you in advance!
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Voilamart 1500 watt kit questions for noob
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999zip999
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I bought one I run it on a lyen @ 72v 30 amp 2,400 watts. It seems a little slow. As I have a 1,500 watt edge dd with aluminum stator and cooling fins different bike. The edge gave up its magnets in both my edge motors eyes how are you able to collect enough magnets to J-B weld them in. I need to move that motor over to the lyen controller to compare both motors but I'm lazy.they should work pretty close to the same as they are both 35 mm stators.
Tork said:
A link to the kit would be helpful, but looking at the pictures, it looks like your controller may support a display unit (the 5 pin JST), perhaps optional. Without that, you likely don't have a way to modify any settings except for the blue jumpered wires.
The display on the throttle will only provide an "accurate" reading when you use a 48V battery. Higher or lower voltages won't be "accurate". The controller is likely shutting off with 36V because it likely has a low voltage cutoff that is set for a 48V battery. If the controller supported multiple voltages, it would normally be labeled 36V/48V.
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Tork said:
Yeah it sounds like the display does not support a 36 V battery so that’s why it’s turning off. Once you get the proper battery you shouldn’t have this issue with it turning off. Maybe you mentioned above but do you plan on buying the proper battery 48v, I think you said you’re waiting?
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A#1 tighten your spokes through your wheel will turn it will untrue go somewhere and have them true and tighten spokes you need to tighten spokes if the wheel is straight and the spokes are loose the rim will get crooked the most notorious thing is they don't true the rim or the rim could be straight but the spokes are loose and will cause you complications
Thanks for all the great insight folks. Some of the replys have got me thinking more..like if my controller has a 5pin that connects to my throttle and I connect that 5 pin to the display ,what do I use for a throttle?? Or how do I split up the wires to go to the throttle and display?
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Tork said:
You’ll need to test the wires to figure out which wire is the throttle wire. Is there a headlight function on that twist throttle as well?
Edit: also you need to start shopping for a 48V battery. Plus anyways you wouldn’t be happy with the performance of a 36v. Not to mention it wouldn’t work with this controller anyway
Tork said:
If the 5 pin is for your throttle, then 3 wires are to the throttle, and the other two are used to switch the controller on and off, and provide battery level voltage for the display on the throttle. Your controller doesn't support a display or changing settings.
EDIT: TommyCat pointed out that the connector in the picture is 6 wires. I have a similar throttle that came with my kit that I never installed/used, but mine has bars for the battery level, not a voltage readout. if yours has a voltage readout, then it should be accurate. Mine doesn't have any extra buttons to change controller settings, and it looks like yours doesn't either.
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I purchased the same Voilamart 1500W kit a year ago and I just found the wiring diagram online.
I don't think you want to split the wire from the throttle to display. Voilamart does make another kit that supports a larger display but not for the 1500W kit.
Even if you get a third party display, it may not work at all with the voilamart controller.
If I were you, I'd start by getting a 48V battery. That should your resolve your starting issue. If you want to upgrade to something nicer later, there are other kits out there that come with a larger display.
This one for example:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-36V48V250W-1500w-Built-In-Programmable-Controller-E-Bike-Kit-26/254666839029?hash=item3b4b5393f5:g:vxYAAOSwFf1fqlzo
I don't think you want to split the wire from the throttle to display. Voilamart does make another kit that supports a larger display but not for the 1500W kit.
Even if you get a third party display, it may not work at all with the voilamart controller.
If I were you, I'd start by getting a 48V battery. That should your resolve your starting issue. If you want to upgrade to something nicer later, there are other kits out there that come with a larger display.
This one for example:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-36V48V250W-1500w-Built-In-Programmable-Controller-E-Bike-Kit-26/254666839029?hash=item3b4b5393f5:g:vxYAAOSwFf1fqlzo
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