CHALLENGE = Match or Exceed Your Birthday Years In Distance (Miles/ Kilometers) On Your Birthday (or close to your birthday)!
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I doubt I'll be doing 59 mi on my birthday, but I've thought about boosting my 4209 XR with the ranger, as I have lots of ego batts, but would need to convert it like the carvepower
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@b0ardski -- A CarvePower Gen 2 booster works with EGO batteries. Dial the booster voltage up to 60 or so for an XR, and go. The only thing I am not sure of is how far it depletes the EGO's voltage before it fades-out. Ideally, it would not allow EGO battery voltage to go below the level of cut-out on EGO tools. If you don't run the EGO's out, your on-board battery will stay at 60 volts, or whatever you set the booster to, and all you really need to charge are the EGO batteries -- not necessarily the board itself. And hot swapping is not a problem because you are using the booster.
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@blkwalnutgrwr said in CHALLENGE = Match or Exceed Your Birthday Years In Miles On Your Birthday (or close to your birthday)!:
@b0ardski -- Isn't it great! Among the several extended range set-ups I have, for three seasons of the year my favorite is a CarvePower Gen 2, vampired in, with two high capacity source batteries in parallel. For cold weather riding and in snow conditions, through, EGO batteries, vampired in to my Plus, seem to provide better power when needed.
Have you tried vamping an XR? I'm a bit leery of it but a couple 7.5amp batts could get me 59mi
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@b0ardski -- I ride a Plus and a couple V1's; I have NOT vampired an XR. Partly it depends on the hardware: 4208 should work and 4209 may work, but 4210 and 4211 are incompatible.
Using EGO batteries in parallel you need to match voltages before connecting -- that is ride the XR until it is at the EGO 58 volts, then connect.
Or, with EGO batteries as a source for a booster, dial the booster to 60 volts or so and you can connect right at the start of your ride (after you turn on the XR, of course).
Sonnywheels has a video of the vampire procedure. Open your connector cover and tap in to your battery feed cables with posi-tap connectors.
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@blkwalnutgrwr I have a 4209 vamped with Sonny's kit. I run the battery from my eBike (14 amp hours) in my backpack through a solar controller to step up the voltage. I get an extra 40ish miles on top the stock range.
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@Motoproponent said in CHALLENGE = Match or Exceed Your Birthday Years In Miles On Your Birthday (or close to your birthday)!:
@blkwalnutgrwr I have a 4209 vamped with Sonny's kit. I run the battery from my eBike (14 amp hours) in my backpack through a solar controller to step up the voltage. I get an extra 40ish miles on top the stock range.
Thanks Moto, that's good to know, glad I bought my xr when I did. I may start with the carvepower for charging on a break and avoid tapping the wires, less extra stuff on the board the better.
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@blkwalnutgrwr said in CHALLENGE = Match or Exceed Your Birthday Years In Miles On Your Birthday (or close to your birthday)!:
Coincidence of measures: Year 2020; Onewheel Plus miles 2020.
Looks like I will be reaching the Big 2020 in 2020 possibly this weekend. Getting in a 100 mile day ride really helped too.
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Challenge done! 48 today, 48km (sorry i don't do miles 🤣). Great idea this, wifey thanks I've lost it.
2 x charges on stock XR battery. Limped home on first charge after 27km. Waltzed home in style for the second.
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@stinkyface
Awesome job man... My max miles in 24 hours is 101 miles (162 KM) and my legs were shot....
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@LidPhones said in CHALLENGE = Match or Exceed Your Birthday Years In Miles On Your Birthday (or close to your birthday)!:
@blkwalnutgrwr said in CHALLENGE = Match or Exceed Your Birthday Years In Miles On Your Birthday (or close to your birthday)!:
Coincidence of measures: Year 2020; Onewheel Plus miles 2020.
Looks like I will be reaching the Big 2020 in 2020 possibly this weekend. Getting in a 100 mile day ride really helped too.
Got it... Took a bit longer than planned..
