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I used 'Chief Architect' to design our house. Takes a bit of getting used to (like any rendering program) but can pretty much do anything with a house 3D walk-thru as well. For me I found you need the Pro version is the best buy of rendering software as with the standard versions, you always seem to need a tool that only comes with the Pro version.

Looking good. You have 100A per phase in your condo?

Thanks and you are right, but I want to sell the bikes as I need to buy a step-thru, crank forward, ebike. I can't advertise the bikes if they have a problem.

I've had this flu/influenza cough from the lungs for about 1 month now. Getting better. I thought it was just a bag case of the flu but now I think it is due to this constant smoke pollution in our Isaan area. Anyone got a recommendation for an in-bedroom air cleaner?

Switch seems to be OK, so now to pull out the guts in the tube and have a look at the battery and controller. Unfortunately I have to unsolder and remove all the plugs etc to remove it all from the other end. Pain.

Thanks Dave, good advice about the crimp on connectors too. I've been looking up some wiring diagrams for Ebikes on YouTube and on one video have seen the 500 Ohm resistor but had a diode in series with it. Might also have to investigate that further. I have nearly discharged the battery as I thought I may need to get at the controller. If it (hopefully) is the switch I still may get into the controller/battery and see if there is a BMS that's OK. Don't want to end up with something hot and throbbing between my legs. 🙂

The battery/controller tube is removed from the bike and the bike doesn't have a 3 way switch. I think (bad memory) pushing the on/off button turned on the tail light.

I have posted about this before, left it for a while, now back into it. I have 2 Ebikes bought from China about 2 years ago and I assembled them here. Both bikes LED tail lights are always on, I think it's a fault and I am fairly sure the lights weren't on when I assembled them, but don't remember clearly. I think it could be a controller fault, but with both bikes? Also the on/off switch does not seem to do anything and the push button light stays on all the time. The complete assembly is enclosed in an Al tube that slips into the frame and is a bugger to access but I have uncovered the top of the tube where the tailight, switch, charger connector and motor + connector are. I have traced out some of the circuit (cct) which I have attached and also pictures of the light, connectors, on/off switch and wiring. I have not traced the wiring into the tube, battery setup and controller. From the cct diagram it appears the LED light would be always on as voltage is present on the large purple and red wires coming up from the controller and batteries and the LED is across this feed. But this doesn't make sense to me. Why have the LED always on discharging the batteries and the push button on/off switch doesn't seem to do anything, always on. I did post about this before and ordered a new switch, but twas the wrong type. If you have any suggestions please let me know before my wife kills me for being possessed with this problem.The red and purple wires come up the tube from the controller and batteries I guess. They go to a connector on the frame where the motor cable plugs into. The tailight goes off to the right. Voltage is always on the red and purple wires hence the LED light is always on. The on/off push button switch light is always on. There seems to be a bit of bodgie wiring with a 500 ohm resistor (R1) wired across the switch. The head of the battery tube showing the LED, charger port and motor port. The push button switch rear is just visible. Push button switch markings looked like 48v with C, NO, NC contacts but pushing button does nothing. Push button switch, positive throw but always on.

Cars aren't....yet. Tell you in 10 years. 🙂

Today's winner of Worst Joke Ever. 🙂

So did you cast your absentee vote?

Recently from me about Rev charger wanting my Tax file number: the BYD staff said just put in my Falang Thai ID card number, so have done and will see if it works at next BYD charge station.

I suppose that means for the wifey and I we have to register in the app on both our phones? We're off to Mukdahan today to change the red number plate, so I'll try to charge at BYD using my phone and if not get help from BYD Muk. As an aside: I wasn't happy with a couple of body panel fittings which they fixed no problems and also the driver's door seal which had a crease in it, not much, but BYD Muk. ordered a new one and changed it, no problems.

I used the ReverSharger at BYD Mukdahan, then tried to use one in Pattaya, but it wanted my Tax Invoice Number (which I don't have) so that was a very frustrating fail. We were in Pattaya for my wife's operation, which was being performed when the earthquake struck and the hospital was evacuated. Patients on beds, in wheel chairs etc all rolled out the front door with doctors, nurses and staff. I eventually got up to the operating rooms and found a nurse had stayed with my wife all the time even after the drs etc evacuated the building. I tried a charger in Jontien beach, but that didn't work, so then went to the ReverScharger, so after that wouldn't let me charge without my Tax File Number, I drove to a PTT charger and had no luck there as well. All this plus the total road gridlock in Pattaya as was school holidays. Stayed in Pattaya a couple of days for wifey to recover, then back to the PTT garage to try and charge again, this time using wife's smartphone. No go. So it seems it was broken. Talked to a guy charging beside me and he said we could use his charger as he only had 10 mins. to go. So he finished charging, but we couldn't charge and he showed us that someone had booked the charger (evidently you can book a charger ahead of your travels). So they didn't show up and the charger became free after about 5 mins. into the charge time. Bit frustrating but still learning.