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Ebike wiring?

I have a 750W bafang midrive with 48V 12ah Panasonic battery, No wires for lights so I tapped into hot wire from battery to headlight (48V or 36V LED) the is an aux. white wire from the headlight so I run that wire to power source (motor) and also tee off the white wire before the power source to a knock down transformer to 12V to run tail lights (12V LED), I charged battery to full and drove bike until fully discharged and it worked wonderfully, then I charged battery to full again but now at half charge the motor will start stop start stop until I charge battery to full again then at half charge it starts stops starts stops.

The distributor showed me picture of a motor that has separate wire for lights (6V) and they think it is my lights causing the problem but that is a little confusing to me because it all worked before? I wonder if the knock down transformer sends back voltage and confuses the controller???

Anyone have any idea??? Would installing diodes help??? Thank You...

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  • 4 years ago

    Oh, boy.

    Here we go Again with someone who Does Not Know What They Are Doing

    going ahead and doing it anyway

    and Fumbling Around for solutions to problems that Would Never Have Occurred

    if he or she had Simply Consulted A Local Expert to begin with.

    There is no such thing as a "knock down transformer",

    so you need to check your terminology and find a conventional name for that part.

    Also, if the entire system is operating on DC

    (which is the only kind of power any battery can make),

    a "transformer" won't work no matter what anyone does.

    Transformers work Only on AC!

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