[Introductions] New member? Introduce yourself and share your DIY plans

Crisfell · June 28, 2021, 4:47pm

It wasn’t tight yet so it’s cockeyed a bit. 🤷

xsynatic · June 28, 2021, 5:29pm

i hope this isn’t final??

Ahbach · June 28, 2021, 6:22pm

Lmao, not at all

b264 · June 29, 2021, 8:36pm

A lot of old Metroboards from like 2010 to 2014 I would consider “classic esk8s”.

Crisfell · June 30, 2021, 1:44am

Or eglide. Theres also a BMW carver knockoff than was electric back way back. Like 07ish maybe. Pantera, but not the same as the current Pantera board people. Or the band🤘

b264 · June 30, 2021, 4:25am

I totally forgot about E-Glide with lead-acid batteries and wired remotes.

Crisfell · June 30, 2021, 5:46am

What about altered?

Chema · July 10, 2021, 5:10pm

Cool! That thing’s gonna be a rocket! I love TB DD’s. Send us a pick when it’s all put together.

Ahbach · July 10, 2021, 6:28pm

Kindfish · July 12, 2021, 4:17pm

Hell on wheels in Upland ca! I’ve been riding surfboards, skateboards and snowboards since I was a youngster, about 10 years ago I discovered Eglide electric skates, got a few of them over the years and did many rebuilds using their parts which were always pretty available and easy to get as their shop was located not far from me in Santa Monica, after eglide stopped making many of the parts I was just bummed without my favorite toy, so I ended up building myself an awesome esk8! It’s so great to be back in the saddle again! Love riding my Esk8!

PFici · July 17, 2021, 8:09am

Welcome to the Active group!

goozer321 · July 17, 2021, 1:59pm

Hi - not your usual demographic but props to you all. I’m 57 from UK and bought an ebike, but the frame weighed a ton so I decided to put the ebike bits on a reasonably decent alloy Dahon frame I had.

All the mechanical bits ok but a bit stuck on the electrics:

2 cables were really thin and fell out of the display cable harness connector, so I soldered them together, bypassing the harness connector

I accidentally plugged the light/horn connector into the throttle connector (I mistakenly assumed this couldn’t happen) and the wires to the light melted. After this nothing worked so I assumed I had fried the contoller.

Bought a new one and have noticed that the Hall sonsor from the motor has 5 cables, but the new controller has 6. Read another post here that said correct connection of the black and red cables is key and I will do that, but what if someone connected the two connectors with the wires crossed - would that break the controller.

All help appreciated!

Thanks