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They do. the plugs just do it differently. It works like this in many EU countries as well, where they have 240v and 2-prong 'schuko' plugs. I made my daughter and son in law some chargers for their ebikes, and the EU plugs I used (Belgium) had 3 wires.. See the metal bit in the center...

Maybe it would help the "golly this should work fine" crowd if someone finally said this out loud: Current flows from higher voltage to lower voltage immediately. As in nearly instantaneous. Well actually yeah its a lot like that. If you haven't seen it happen yet, consider yourself lucky...

I would think the short term fix would be to simply unplug the battery. Its a case in a holder right? Just take it out of same.

Reading this for the first time today, the first thing I thought of when hearing the problem description was "loose magnets". Common issue with Bafang hub motors. Particularly the lower-wattage G060 fat ones.

I am not trying to be a jerk here so don't take it that way. What you are doing and describing with your level of experience is almost the textbook example of how a battery fire happens. Just for starters, if you have a short and that battery is sitting on that carpet, thats a fuel source. If...

Yeah if you want to see where batteries are going longer-term, just look to the varieties of solid state that are either in the late stages of pilot production, with batches already in the hands of auto manufacturers (QuantumScape, backed by VW and other auto manufacturers being the one that...

Don't get me wrong... I want it to be true that they are a viable alternative. But reality doesn't care what we want, right? We already have batteries. Nothing to be gained unless we decide to replace them. And notice some of those packs he is selling... 7.5ah to 15ah capacity in a big...

Since you are not familiar with electric bike or bicycle innards and components, you should replace it. I build my bikes from the frame up so I could deal with something like this, but it would be a long process of diagnosis that could probably get really ugly in terms of figuring out which...

"the future of lithium is months" is easily, demonstrably false. Painfully so. And the world has decided the limited risk of Li-NMC packs is livable given the very small incidence of fires versus the millions upon millions of packs in use around the globe. We live just fine with highly...

The benefits to sodium ion seem best when you are comparing to standard Li-NMC (fire, limited cycle life) that we use in ebikes today, but become significantly less attractive when comparing them to LFP. The few vendors I have seen who announced sodium ion projects very quietly shelved them...

Lesson For Today: The proper reaction when someone calls a bicycle an SUV

Well thats what this thread is already all about. Sundays is really the only other one in the USA offering a dedicated policy. Regular homeowners and auto policies have been adapted by a few carriers, but they are something of a minefield that should only be crossed after reading the policy...

You use the DT Swiss chart just like you would the Sheldon Brown one. The axes are not reversed but they are swapped. You pick your rim inner width, which is easy to learn via typical rim specs, or take a measurement off a pair of calipers. DT shows you an illustration (measurement B) of what...

Thats pretty much what I do, but that literally puts me on Cannery Row in Monterey CA, which is packed with tourists both on foot and in cars. The vehicles are going 15-20 mph and the drivers are rubbernecking themselves, so speed is good but you still have clueless bozos to avoid. Boo Hoo...

A key to tidy wiring is to find a place to hide the excess. Wiring is nowhere near as noticeable if its snug against the frame, or bundled to for example the brake or shifter wires. The problem is not the use of color coded zip ties or split loom casings. Its the 'coiled and crammed' part...

The DT Swiss tire width chart I llinked above shows what the Sheldon Brown chart does, plus it goes up to fat bike widths. Its a much better chart to use as an example. WTB also has one that is a little more conservative.

This fix is not a fix, by any means. Not going to survive for long and of course its already not working right as noted. The mission statement on my web site reads DIY does not have to mean half-assed And this is definitely half-assed. Not a kind thing to say but really... this is a Darwin...

Oddly enough it solved the problem here. A 12 mph speed limit was enacted for a crowded segment of the tourist-laden bike path. It was enforced for a short time, and enforcement was subsequently abandoned. In the years since ebike use has exploded to the point where they outnumber bicycles by...

Cali Ebike is a solid operation but I believe it is also run by a single individual now. I have bought from them repeatedly over many years, most recently a Lekkie 28T chainring I got in a few days just about a month ago. I would try again via email. They usually respond in a day or so. A...

One more sign that ebikes are marching towards ubiquity, and the idea of a bicycle you have to pedal is becoming a thing of the past. Especially for a younger generation who sees them as basic transportation rather than some sort of exercise device where if effort is not demanded, it loses its...