Hi all,
I'd very much appreciate some direction. Here's the problem: my ebike, based on an em3ev kit with infineon 9-fet and 9C motor, has just turned 5. It's been 4 good years in which I commuted and ridden for thousands of miles. This year, it has been a bit dodgy and I'm taking advantage of the winter downtime to refurb. Issues encountered this year revolve around connectors. The battery-to-controller Anderson developed a bad contact around May - replaced with XT60s I had from another project. In July the on/off+regen 4-pin became a bit loose and when I tried to wedge it in, it crumbled; I direct-soldered the wires as I had to hop on the next day and so on and so forth.
Since all andersons seem to be giving up the ghost more or less at the same time, we can say they've reached their useful life. I'd like to replace the current botch of solder/modeling/failing andersons with a proper connector type that'll last 5 more years. Does it need to be metal/IP68? Probably not, but I value reliability over mass or cost.
I'm happy with the XT60 on the DC and the bullets on AC, so the amp-carrying ones are ok. On the signaling side I have full DC-bus voltage on the on/off switch ( 60V on that flimsy cracked piece of plastic on the handlebars?), the rest are all 5V. What do you use and advise to replace the signaling connectors with? I've built-up 22-pin souriaus , I'm not afraid of a bit of tinkering 8)
Many thanks for reading and give me your 2 cents
I'd very much appreciate some direction. Here's the problem: my ebike, based on an em3ev kit with infineon 9-fet and 9C motor, has just turned 5. It's been 4 good years in which I commuted and ridden for thousands of miles. This year, it has been a bit dodgy and I'm taking advantage of the winter downtime to refurb. Issues encountered this year revolve around connectors. The battery-to-controller Anderson developed a bad contact around May - replaced with XT60s I had from another project. In July the on/off+regen 4-pin became a bit loose and when I tried to wedge it in, it crumbled; I direct-soldered the wires as I had to hop on the next day and so on and so forth.
Since all andersons seem to be giving up the ghost more or less at the same time, we can say they've reached their useful life. I'd like to replace the current botch of solder/modeling/failing andersons with a proper connector type that'll last 5 more years. Does it need to be metal/IP68? Probably not, but I value reliability over mass or cost.
I'm happy with the XT60 on the DC and the bullets on AC, so the amp-carrying ones are ok. On the signaling side I have full DC-bus voltage on the on/off switch ( 60V on that flimsy cracked piece of plastic on the handlebars?), the rest are all 5V. What do you use and advise to replace the signaling connectors with? I've built-up 22-pin souriaus , I'm not afraid of a bit of tinkering 8)
Many thanks for reading and give me your 2 cents