pushkar
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Can you please switch to displaying voltage on the display ? This is a chart to track SOC https://electricbikereview.com/foru...balance-new-ebike-batteries.32912/post-262353
First ride with the Archon X1 upgrade!
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pushkar
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Yup. Same.
coldriderwi
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For those that ordered the super bike with 2300 W, will this programming cable be the way to tune down to 1000? If so, is the cable included?
pushkar
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Yes founders have the cable and software included. And yes you can tune it down to 1000W.
@tomdav, @Ayl, @BillyDeeFour and @TomW are early “influencers”.
I was holding my breath for this. Phew.. I can somewhat safely push out more marketing stuff now
Please continue to provide feedback. We will continue to improve the controller with more refinements.
I’d be curious to see what type of efficiencies you all are getting.
@Ayl and @tomdav yoguys are right- the PAS1 is plenty for most regular riding scenarios.
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/end gloating
On the 1000 watt version I rarely go above pas level 3 even on road, and off road pas 2 works brilliant especially for the techy climbs it just feels right and very predictable,
My pas lvl 1 kinda feels like riding a normal weight bike, if my fitness and strength levels were at Olympian standard.
At pas 2 I'm getting up stuff I would have not even tried with the old controller for fear of it providing to much power and pulling up the front or not enough, I keep intending on borrowing a friend's Go Pro to capture a bit of the climbing ability.
I also intend to ride it at some point till it totally drains at maybe pas lvl 2 just to see what my realistic max range would be without having to work to hard. Also to get a fair comparison to the big brand bikes. But the battery definatly last's significantly longer than it did.
I guess somewhere between pas levels 1 and 2 feel most like the power level's you would expect of a normal say Bosch ebike at full power, but without the speed restriction's.
I'm actually quite confident it will beat them for range with the bafang restricted to similar power output.
I guess the fairest way would to be to make sure I do not exceed 20mph to get a fair apples for apples test.
Edit
I just went to the Bosch calculator and for a enduro emtb using the performance line cx, 500wh batt at 16mph they predict.
30 miles on turbo mode.
And 61 miles on eco.
So I'm going to use these figures as a bench mark.
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TomD
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Actually, since I'm lazy, I think I will just add 20% to the display reading. Comparing 52V and 48V SOC charts I should technically add 25% at full charge, and 20% at low charge, but since I only care about % remaining at lower charge, adding 20% keeps things simple. Bonus of this approach is I don't want to run my battery much below 20% (for battery health) so I can just go with the display as it reads (with the 20% margin already deducted).
Ebiker33
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TomD
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OK, I'm confused. I just charged my 48V battery to 100%. At least I assume it's 100% as I plugged the charger directly into the battery and left it charged until the fan went off. Before the upgrade my display would show 100% in this scenario. According to this SOC chart I would think the new controller (set for 52V battery) would indicate 75%, but it is only showing 67%. Am I missing something? Or is the new controller making adjustments for non-linear discharge?
I'm confused now, I thought you needed a 52 volt battery for the 2300 watt version? I may be mistaken tho. But I guess that yeah it would read a lower % with the lower voltage batt.
You may want to ask Pushkar what the low voltage cut off point is on the 2300 watt board it may be higher than the 1k version meaning that you will lose a lot of potential range. But this is purely speculation.
Mine reads 100% at full charge with a 48 volt batt but mine is the 1kw version.
Change the display to voltage instead of percent to make sure you have got full charge.
You may want to ask Pushkar what the low voltage cut off point is on the 2300 watt board it may be higher than the 1k version meaning that you will lose a lot of potential range. But this is purely speculation.
Mine reads 100% at full charge with a 48 volt batt but mine is the 1kw version.
Change the display to voltage instead of percent to make sure you have got full charge.
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TomD
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Pushkar shipped a 52V calibrated controller by mistake which is why I'm jumping thru these hoops (until I get the programming cable to calibrate back to 48V). OK, so I just changed display to voltage. It reads 53.9V. It should read 54.6V. For grins I plugged in a different 48V charger and it immediately cut off charging. So I suspect voltage is actually 54.6 and the controller is just reading or displaying it wrong. With the stock controller I was seeing 100% charge, so I don't think the battery is somehow not charging to 54.6V. I wish I had the Grin Satiator that I thought was going to be included but seem to been forgotten. 
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TomD
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Okay, test ride number three. I'm having a hard time wiping the grin off my one week unshaven face despite getting stung by a bee in the lip and feeling like I just came out of the dentist office.
I am halfway through my ride and all I can say is I'm ready to plaster my helmet with a Watt Wagon's logo and MBGA (Making Bafang Great Again) visor. If you are on the fence about this controller just get your wallet out now and order this thing before the word gets out and Pushkar is inundated with business.
The experience is simply amazing. It now feels like the motor is an extension of the bike. The power blends in perfectly and seamlessly. After my brief ride yesterday I commented that I wasn't sure the torque sensing was up to par with euro spec controllers. After today's ride I think it is just as good if not better than anything I've ever ridden. I went up some very tricky switchbacks that were near impossible to ride with the stock controller and with the new controller I came close to making it all the way up. The only thing preventing me was I didn't want to push my riding skills.
Seriously, this controller does make Bafang great again. Bafang could never do their torque sensing motors justice but this controller does just that and puts it at the level of one of the very best motors out there.
As far as efficiency, I'll let my display do the talking. The first screenshot was leaving the house and the second is halfway through one of the longer rides I did with my stock controller. If I'm doing the math right I have used less than 25% battery.
Edit: made it home with what appears to be more than 50% battery. I'm simply blown away. The only other time I did the same ride I was struggling to get home with the battery dipping below 20%. Granted that was with a new battery that hadn't been cycled but I would venture to guess I'm getting at least 20% efficiency gain.
I am halfway through my ride and all I can say is I'm ready to plaster my helmet with a Watt Wagon's logo and MBGA (Making Bafang Great Again) visor. If you are on the fence about this controller just get your wallet out now and order this thing before the word gets out and Pushkar is inundated with business.
The experience is simply amazing. It now feels like the motor is an extension of the bike. The power blends in perfectly and seamlessly. After my brief ride yesterday I commented that I wasn't sure the torque sensing was up to par with euro spec controllers. After today's ride I think it is just as good if not better than anything I've ever ridden. I went up some very tricky switchbacks that were near impossible to ride with the stock controller and with the new controller I came close to making it all the way up. The only thing preventing me was I didn't want to push my riding skills.
Seriously, this controller does make Bafang great again. Bafang could never do their torque sensing motors justice but this controller does just that and puts it at the level of one of the very best motors out there.
As far as efficiency, I'll let my display do the talking. The first screenshot was leaving the house and the second is halfway through one of the longer rides I did with my stock controller. If I'm doing the math right I have used less than 25% battery.
Edit: made it home with what appears to be more than 50% battery. I'm simply blown away. The only other time I did the same ride I was struggling to get home with the battery dipping below 20%. Granted that was with a new battery that hadn't been cycled but I would venture to guess I'm getting at least 20% efficiency gain.
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pushkar
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TomD
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Also, one negative to report. I almost forgot about this in my excitement at getting home with more than 50% battery. On my way up the monster hill at the end of my ride the motor cut out abruptly at least three times for a split second. I'm not sure what caused this. I had bumped things up to PAS2 and perhaps my battery was getting stressed or I might have eased off the pedals too much but it was abnormal. I got out my phone to take a video clip for the rest of the ride up and of course that fixed the problem as the gremlins chose not to manifest after that.
pushkar
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I am not sure tbh - but I can think of 2 things
1. Battery is not balanced - so some individual cells are not charged /fully charged. This is the most likely cause since your battery is new.
2. Less likely scenario is that some individual cells in your pack may be functioning below capacity. This
May be the quickest way is to just use a voltmeter and see if it matches what the display says ?
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pushkar
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Interesting.
I will jiggle and test the motor more on my end as well. Will also explore if we might be able to decrease the sensitivity to intermittent connections.
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TomD
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The stock display showed 100% at full charge. I would think if there was a problem with the cells the stock display would have shown lower % at full charge. Also, I would think the 2 chargers would have not have cut off, but both indicated battery was fully charged. By chance I do have a voltmeter and dusted it off. Voltmeter indicates resting voltage is 50.6V while the display shows 49.2V, so again the display is reading lower. I guess the good news is I only used 25% battery today if the voltmeter is correct.
Yes, I do have a gear sensor and brake sensors.
Yes, I do have a gear sensor and brake sensors.
