I had the same problem with the Elithion Pro. One temp was locked on the max (or min) value. I replaced the board and all was well. I was disappointed that the s/w didn't recognize it as a bad sensor and give the user the option to ignore. It's hard to write very robust s/w and account for all scenarios but there was also a noise spike that I thought the s/w should have been able to detect instead of shutting down. Hard to judge without knowing all the details and seeing raw data. Overall, I've been happy with the systems.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 4:17 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/20130805/3dc531c6/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)
