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Dave
Nov 11, 20241 min read
MX4 Rebuild Kits Underway!
First MX4 packs are starting to show up for rebuild so we're scrambling to get all of the design work done for the rebuild kits. Also,...
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Dave
Oct 7, 20241 min read
MX3 Fresh Rebuild First Charge!
Another MX3 rebuild getting it's first charge after a full tear-down, re-cell and balance.
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Dave
Jul 12, 20241 min read
Is The Surron Ultra Bee Battery Rebuild-able? No.
Finally had the opportunity to tear down a UB stock battery and the results: the pack is not rebuild-able. The pack contains pouch cells...
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Dave
Jul 8, 20241 min read
Kudos to Juiced Ebike!
I was pleasantly surprised when I opened up a 52v 13Ah Juiced Ebike pack last week. The construction and build quality was top notch with...
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Dave
Jul 3, 20241 min read
XXX Tear down
First XXX pack came in this week and I must say, the engineering on this thing is pretty insane. Gotta give kudos to Greenway for another...
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Dave
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Rise up, great Talaria core!
After busting my knuckles one too many times, I put together a Talaria core extractor and I just love the visual of the lithium cell...
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Dave
Apr 28, 20241 min read
The ugly side of the green energy movement...
I'm starting to see the dark side of the EV vehicle industry up close and personal. We're getting a glimpse of it on a small scale with...
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Dave
Mar 24, 20241 min read
It's Talaria and Surron Battery Rebuilding Season...
Well, as expected the calls are starting to pour in for dead Talaria and Surron battery packs. We had 7 calls just last week! While we're...
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Dave
Jan 20, 20241 min read
Printing Prototypes
The refinement process of the prototype cell holders is slow, but steady. Overall, I'm happy with the PETG prints, though getting the...
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Dave
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Kilos of PETG and weeks of printing prototypes...
Wow, so many hours of prototyping. Make a tweak, reprint, adjust some features, reprint, lather, rinse repeat. We have a whole pile of...
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Dave
Dec 8, 20231 min read
Our First Production Talaria Battery
Well, after tearing apart and repairing too many battery packs to count, it's time to design and build a pack of our own. Since we're...
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Dave
Nov 28, 20231 min read
LG21700 Cell Temperature Specs
There seems to be a lot of confusion out there about the Talaria and Surron battery packs. Per the manufacturer's specifications, these...
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Dave
Nov 13, 20232 min read
Chi Gladiator 60v Repair
A customer brought in a Chi Gladiator 60v 60Ah battery pack for repair. The pack was at 15% SOC, the display would not light, and the...
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Dave
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Unbypassing a Bypassed Surron Battery
We had a couple of Surron batteries come in and the customer asked if we would unbypass them. That has to be a first, but, yeah, we can...
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Dave
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Lots of silicone goop...an indicator of poor build quality.
I recently had the opportunity to repair another QuietKat ebike battery and I have to say that the build quality on these battery packs...
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Dave
Oct 18, 20232 min read
Talaria Sting MX3 coms between BMS and BTLE module
Update as of 10/23/23 - Greenway reached out to me and informed me that there is a newer version of the app that will actually display...
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Dave
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Your Talaria Bike Battery IS going to die!
Something we emoto riders don't think about too much is that we're using a chemical energy storage system (battery) with a finite...
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Dave
Oct 12, 20232 min read
BMS = Battery (Blowup) Management System
If you've had any experience with ebikes, you may have heard the term BMS. This acronym stands for Battery Management System and the job...
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Dave
Oct 5, 20231 min read
768 Spot Welds...
There are 768 spot welds in a Talaria MX3 battery pack. I know, some of you are thinking - wow, how do you handle that? Well, the truth...
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Dave
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Professional Spot Welder = Joules of Energy!
There are folks out there who are attempting to rebuild battery packs with cheap, imported spot welders. We have done extensive testing...
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