best security ideas for ebike

[Chazmo]

The Urtopia has a fingerprint sensor on the head unit for unlocking. When that doesn't work, you must have the paired phone with you in order to override the sensor with the app.

Oh, cool! That sounds equivalent (functionally) to a key lock or some sort of code pad. Of course, that probably means more current draw in “off” mode, which was mentioned earlier as (sort of) an issue.

On my latest MacBook, Apple has thrown in with the fingerprint security idea, which is after many years of doing lots of different things (on a iPhone, anyway).

 

[Chazmo]

that would be a really dumb design to draw a lot of power just waiting for a connection. i have never had this problem with my bike that unlocks via phone. i don't lock it all the time, obviously, but i always have my phone on me and have never returned after a few weeks to find the battery mysteriously drained. there's also the fact that a bike battery is ginormous compared to other devices that sit around listening for connections....

Good points, mschwett, but whatever electronics are talking to your phone are talking some form of wireless and require additional power (than, say, an on / off switch). Of course, you’re right about the relative draw given a (typical) e-bike battery. My bike, turned on with 1050lumen headlamps on only draws 6W. For a 1000Wh battery, it’s noise.

 

[Slaphappygamer]

My bike, turned on with 1050lumen headlamps on only draws 6W. For a 1000Wh battery, it’s noise.

Just to play devils advocate…

How long does the light draws 6W for? 1 hour? 3 hours?

If it’s 6WH then over a 24 hour period that’s 144 watts. Over a weekend, that’s 288 watts. A week, that’s 1008 watts. Your battery will be dead. BMS may kick in earlier due to LVC.

 

[Chazmo]

Just to play devils advocate…

How long does the light draws 6W for? 1 hour? 3 hours?

If it’s 6WH then over a 24 hour period that’s 144 watts. Over a weekend, that’s 288 watts. A week, that’s 1008 watts. Your battery will be dead. BMS may kick in earlier due to LVC.

Yeah, I would get about 6 days for a complete drain of a full battery (less with BMS kicking in). But 6W would be a lot more (I would think!!) than what I would actually expect the draw to be for the kind of communication device we were talking about, slap. Probably a bad example on my part. Still worth considering!