Tronbike Meter (TBM) 4.0.0 Test Ride

Monday, June 21, 2010

Riding Nekkid w/TBM 4.2.s

After some quick test rides and some code adjustments, I rode Tronbike to work today sans lower fairings - hence the "Nekkid" part. I sort of like the look, and am wondering if an elaborate array of cable covers and directed air tubing could be formed to make an exposed battery pack look "cool".

The save-on-shutdown circuit is proving finicky, and my reset code would only reset the odometer, but not the watt hrs gauge. I am liking the "watts per mile" meter, the only reasonable number collected so far being 127 Wh/mile.

I also reset the pack size from 3300 Watt-Hours to 1100 Watt-Hours so the % remaining will be more useful. The Killawatt is showing about 600W-Hr used in todays commute, very close to the numbers the TBM recorded (when added together for both directions due to shutdown switch annoyances).

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