Start button must be held down or power goes out.

[AlmonteGuy]

I have a VoltBike Trio (original version from 2022) with upgraded color LCD display (2022 version). I have over 4000 km of near trouble-free riding. I now have this issue: I normally start the bike by pressing the start button for a few seconds and let go when the display comes on and off I go. Now, I do the same thing BUT when I let go of the button, power goes OFF (note that the bike works normally if I do keep the button pressed down). I have a spare start button and it does the same thing. Bad display? Could it be the main controller? Thanks for the tips. Cheers!

 

[harryS]

The start button is just a couple of momentary contact switches. The display is supposed to keep the controller powered on after your initial press, so that's what the spare switch has the same problem. Order a new display, yikes, $150 CDN. Looks like an 69 dollar bafang 860C display, but they can come with bike specific and different firmware.

If you're electrically handy, you can jumper the battery line in the display cable so the bike is always on while you wait for a new display.

 

[AlmonteGuy]

The start button is just a couple of momentary contact switches. The display is supposed to keep the controller powered on after your initial press, so that's what the spare switch has the same problem. Order a new display, yikes, $150 CDN. Looks like an 69 dollar bafang 860C display, but they can come with bike specific and different firmware.

If you're electrically handy, you can jumper the battery line in the display cable so the bike is always on while you wait for a new display.

I'm game to try your jumper trick but I have NO clue on how to do that. Thanks for enlightening me and thanks for the tip.