Hi Dan, I have done one conversion using the Lithiumate Lite. At some point since installation, one of the temperature sensors started to be "off" - reading about half the temperature it should. I haven't got in touch with them about it yet. I can understand why it shuts the car down, but yes, with once tell temperature being really low it's obviously not a real problem and the system should put the fault light on and let you keep driving, IMO.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Danpatgal <[email protected]> wrote: > I purchased the Lithiumate Lite BMS for a 38 cell 120v nominal pack of > 130ah > CALBs that has been running pretty nicely for the past 9 months now. A few > days ago one of the cells showed a faulty -30C temperature (all other cells > showed around 25C, it was a nice day here in Pennsylvania). The voltage > reading and communication on the board seems fine, but that temperature > reading sets a warning and slowly shuts the car down. Annoying. > > I've gone through Lithiumate support, and basically they want me to buy a > new board for $33 bucks ($26 + $7 shipping, which is cheaper than the > original price, but still). So far, they don't feel it should be covered > by > warranty. > > First, has anyone else had this problem? Is it possible that I do have > some > kind of communication error or connection problem? (I wouldn't think so > since I'm getting a believable voltage reading and communication > verification, but I don't know all the ins and outs.) > > Second, I know I would be losing that function, does anyone know if I can > simply "turn off" the temperature control aspect of the Lite BMS? Having > the information, and a warning, is fine/good. But, I'm not very fond of a > temperature reading controlling whether or not my car will go. > > Thanks - Dan > > > > > > ----- > Dan Gallagher > http://www.evalbum.com/3854 > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Lithiumate-Lite-Temperature-Sensor-Trouble-tp4664503.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130801/2eec24dd/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
