Recent content by JimE

I'm not trying to reduce wear but only trying to keep to the recommended storage charge of 85% during the winter season recommended by the Grin Tech staff. Even with 85% the self-discharge is high enough to require charging every 30 days to keep the BMS low voltage cutoff from shutting the...

Charging our Biktrix batteries to a storage voltage of 85% is no problem with our Cycle Satiator from Grin Technologies. But we also need to charge to 100% to balance the cells once every couple months and then discharge back to 85% for storage over the winter. I ordered a 7 amp resistor...

Isn't the Internet great? (Link Removed - No Longer Exists) Hope it's the right part - ordered it. They sell it to hook up camping gear to your bike battery

This is listed as an EEL Mini male discharge port 2-pin on the Reention battery web site. This is what I need - the 2-pin port. Where to find it?

Here is a photo. The port on the battery in the photo doesn't look like our discharge port. And of course they run the resistor through the inspector box. https://www.ebikes.ca/product-info/grinspector.html Are you using the inspector with a Biktrix battery? If you do how do you connect the...

We don't have a good way of riding our Biktrix bikes in winter so we don't have a good way to charge the batteries to 100% to balance them and then ride to 85% for storage. I have ordered a load resistor from Grin Technologies so that I can balance at 100% and then discharge the battery to...

Grin states that our small charging connectors on Biktrix batteries are only suitable for charging at 4 amps. The Satiator is capable of up to 8 amps depending on the model. The default amperage on our Satiator was set at 5 amps so I only use a charging routine I designed with a maximum of 4...

Grin Technologies suggest that balancing only occurs at 100% and they recommend leaving the battery on the charger overnight at 100% to make sure that the balancing is complete. You might ask also how often to balance the battery - Grin says every month or so but that is a lot of work...

That's what happened to our battery. It doesn't necessarily mean that the battery cannot be revived. It can mean that the BMS battery management system has shut down access to the battery to protect the battery or it could mean that the BMS has failed. Talk to Biktrix. They can boost the battery...

We had a problem with a battery not charging properly - the Biktrix staff fixed the problem - let them do their magic. We've learned to avoid leaving the battery at 100% charge for more than a day or two. Better to go out on a short ride to lower the voltage to 85 or 90% if you don't plan on...

Arkel Orca 45 panniers - totally waterproof and tough.

Thanks Roshan - here is a definition of IP65 enclosures I found elsewhere. IP65 Enclosures Able to protect against water jets Water projected by a nozzle (6.3 mm) against enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects. Test duration: at least 15 minutes Water volume: 12.5 litres per...

Does anyone know how waterproof is the Juggernaut Ultra motor? Can you ford a stream that comes up partway on the motor housing? Or can the motor be submerged for a few seconds, enough to cross a small stream? Does the motor housing have an IP rating? Thanks.

We were riding our Ultras along a logging road when I noticed that I got a electrical shock whenever I touched a metal part on the bike with bare skin, At first I thought there may be a shorted wire somewhere so I pulled the battery. Once the battery was removed, I was still getting shocks from...

1300 watts was tops for me. How did you get to 1500?