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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Rapidgate on SR/S (12 KW charger)
« on: August 22, 2021, 09:27:58 PM »
That seems normal on a battery that is air cooled. 130kph is probably up to 10-15kW constant power, close to 1C, this is heating up the battery. Charging at 12kW is also close to 1C, again heating the battery. The BMS is protecting the battery by not charging at full power. There's not much that can be done: running a bit slower like you did, charging slower and keeping the bike as much as possible in the shadow or inside a cool place.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Experience in replacing the internal charger?
« on: August 21, 2021, 06:47:00 PM »
We were looking into removing the Anderson connector. We managed to do it easily on the old charger but for some reason it seemed not possible on the new charger. We were afraid to break something so we gave up on this. Otherwise it would have been not too complicated, the connector is made in a way that you cannot mix the polarity when plugging the wires back. Red goes to (+) and Black to (-).

What I did was to slide down the rubber cover a little bit from the connector so it was easier to pass it next to the motor. Once passed on the other side the difficulty was to put back the connector aligned correctly. What helped a lot was to unscrew 3 screws from the battery cover. Once aligned, I just slid the connector up by holding the round part of the cable.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Experience in replacing the internal charger?
« on: August 15, 2021, 09:08:18 PM »
Finally we managed to connect the Anderson DC. I'll try to post some pictures later but by unscrewing one side of the battery cover it gave us enough space to push the connector upward.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Zero Owners in Ottawa/Gatineau Region?
« on: August 15, 2021, 06:15:57 PM »
For sales Motoplex is terrible, don't try to get the price they display in their ads, there are always conditions and fees, if they have the bike in stock at all. Their service department looks quite decent though.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Experience in replacing the internal charger?
« on: August 15, 2021, 05:56:38 PM »
Hi there, I'm a long time lurker on this forum and it's a wonderful treasure of informations about Zeros and other motorcycles.

Recently my gf had her internal charger broken on her Zero S 2014. We managed to remove the internal charger (Calex) and ordered a new one.

Now we're trying to mount the new charger but it seems very difficult to reconnect the DC connector back. The rubber around the connector makes it very difficult if not impossible to slide it up to the internal connector.

Is there anyone who has a good tip to manage to reconnect the DC connector? I watched the instructions from the Zero manual but it's all talking about dismounting which was already difficult but manageable.

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