Chazmo
New Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Central Massachusetts
Hi again, folks,
I bought the performance upgrade controller for my RipCurrent S (RCS) last year — the 12 transistor model vs. the stock 9 transistor — and installed it on my RCS. Recently it failed on me and I’m wondering if anyone has any knowledge/skills on how to diagnose and fix it. I’d welcome any help on what to do, if there are suggestions/experience.
The controller worked perfectly until I (mistakenly) pressure washed the bike. I let it dry and gave it several days to correct itself but it never did. Shortly after I washed it, it exhibited the following symptom…
The display of speed would go insane as soon as the motor was engaged. By “insane” I mean that it would show extremely high speeds and bounce around to the point that I couldn’t use the bike because it would stutter power to the motor and would cut out completely under pedal assist. I think the throttle (by itself) was working, but that’s not how I ride and something had clearly “broken.” It was not throwing any error code either. Oh, and when I turned off assist entirely, the speedo was correct. I replaced it with the stock controller, which works fine and proves that something is wrong with the performance controller, not the torque sensor. But, I would really like to have the extra power and the rear brake light back though, hence the post here.
Anyway, does anyone have any experience with these, design or spec? I have the installation guide spec, but nothing about the design.
Thanks in advance, gang.
I bought the performance upgrade controller for my RipCurrent S (RCS) last year — the 12 transistor model vs. the stock 9 transistor — and installed it on my RCS. Recently it failed on me and I’m wondering if anyone has any knowledge/skills on how to diagnose and fix it. I’d welcome any help on what to do, if there are suggestions/experience.
The controller worked perfectly until I (mistakenly) pressure washed the bike. I let it dry and gave it several days to correct itself but it never did. Shortly after I washed it, it exhibited the following symptom…
The display of speed would go insane as soon as the motor was engaged. By “insane” I mean that it would show extremely high speeds and bounce around to the point that I couldn’t use the bike because it would stutter power to the motor and would cut out completely under pedal assist. I think the throttle (by itself) was working, but that’s not how I ride and something had clearly “broken.” It was not throwing any error code either. Oh, and when I turned off assist entirely, the speedo was correct. I replaced it with the stock controller, which works fine and proves that something is wrong with the performance controller, not the torque sensor. But, I would really like to have the extra power and the rear brake light back though, hence the post here.
Anyway, does anyone have any experience with these, design or spec? I have the installation guide spec, but nothing about the design.
Thanks in advance, gang.
