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A move to 200V+ battery pack so that we can utilise CCS DC fast charging (and allows for more performance within the existing cable current constraints).

Energica built CCS fast charging into their bike from day one. If they and every EV manufacturer can do 200V+ safely, then so can Zero.

The RG Racing crash protectors can fit the 2014+ models but you'll need to cut away some of the lower black plastic fairings. I removed the black plastics altogether but that's not necessary to get them to fit. Photos are of a 2014 SR.

A friend of mine in Australia has a 2014 Zero S 8.5 with a problem that started a couple of months ago.

"The power output at the rear wheel slowly decreased over the period of a few rides until now it has insufficient power even to start as fast as a bicycle. When I open the throttle fully, I can easily stop it moving at all just by hand, and only about 1 bar of power appears on the dash."

The issue seems to be unrelated to the battery as the bike was able to be readily charged after the bike was ridden and the state of charge had no effect on the problem.

Has anyone seen similar behaviour or suggest a potential cause. The bike  has been at the local dealer in Sydney for over a month but the owner has been told they are not getting support from Zero to resolve the issue. Other Zero owners are also being told by that dealer that Zero are not providing support for the recent battery related firmware upgrades.

I have a spare throttle that we'll try to use to see if that helps.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

I have been testing a few different metal cable glands and am happy with this Lapp Kabel one - https://products.lappgroup.com/online-catalogue/cable-glands/skintop-metric-nickel-plated-brass-cable-glands/skintop-ms-m/skintop-ms-m.html. The specific model # is 53112020. They have a short lower thread length which is necessary to provide sufficient clearance for the cables and PCB components that they plug into. In the attached photo, it is the cable gland on the left. They will also fit the 2x5mm cable gland inserts used for the DC cables in all of our chargers.

We will use this or a better metal cable gland for all chargers shipped going forward to prevent the issue some owners have had with a cable gland being broken during shipping.

While I don't think it's necessary to upgrade the plastic cable glands for those who already have one of our chargers, if you want to do that I can provide instructions (support@evtricity.com.au). You can purchase these specific cable glands from a range of sellers - eBay/element14/Farnell etc and cost is AUD6-12 each plus shipping.

That would certainly be great! It would be very helpful to know how they did the integration, especially if any new hardware like the DC fast charge cable was needed. Also, i see that the single chargers are limited in quantity. Do you plan to get more single chargers in stock in the near future?

Also, can that information please be posted in the "Brammo" section of the forum so that any Empulse owners who could be potentially interested get this information as well?

Thank you!
-Shayan

Hi Shayan,

I will endeavour to find out about the Brammo integration and if the owner is happy to share then I can post that on the forum.

At this stage we are probably not going to be making more single chargers when the remaining stock sells. The double chargers have out sold the single chargers by more than two to one and while we have been able to absorb some of the extra costs of the more expensive rectifier supply with the double chargers, there isn't sufficient margin on the single chargers to do that without a significant price increase.

Update as of 24th July 2017 - thank you to everyone who has purchased or shown interest in our chargers. We have now delivered close to 300kW of double and single chargers in the last two months across the USA, Europe and Australia. We're very pleased to have been able to offer Zero owners lower cost fast charging for those whose needs match the capabilities of our products.

Due to the lower demand for the single chargers and increase in cost of the rectifiers we use as the basis for these charging kits, we will only be offering the double chargers once the remaining single chargers are sold out (there are three left as of 24th July). The price of the double chargers will increase from AUD1690 to AUD1990. I've updated the thread title to recognise this as well as the Aussie dollar's increasing strength against the US dollar in recent weeks. All pricing will remain in AUD so please check the conversion for your currency. Pricing includes Express International delivery and tracking but does not include any local import duties or sales tax/VAT. We have secured supply of more rectifiers so that the next batch of double chargers will be available in September. Pre-orders are welcome as are questions to support@evtricity.com.au. We have also modified the charger power on our online shop and in this thread title to reflect the full capabilities of the chargers i.e. they are 4kW DC (4.4kW AC) and 8kW DC (8.8kW AC) for the single and double charger respectively. We are happy to configure lower current settings (and corresponding power output) if you need to be able to use the chargers on 15A or 16A circuits.

I ordered a 6.6 kW charger + Mennekes adapter yesterday.

Now I am a bit worried, do I also have to make some diode soldering to the adapter before I can use it? Or was your adapter faulty, skoleskibe?

The Mennekes adaptor skoleskibe has is not one bought from us.