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I measured it and the have exactly 3.50v. Drop a little bit when I key On but after it stabilise right.

I have no choice but to go see my dealer.
I assume you mean 13.5 VDC . . . .

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Controller fault 1 (mean)
« on: June 14, 2026, 06:22:55 AM »
Does the DC2DC maintain the 12V battery? Because it is well charge
Yes, but it could be a connection problem after the 12V battery which should measure around 13.5 VDC when the key is on, if it is like my 2023 DSR/X which uses a Lifepo4 battery.


I would measure it with a cheap VOM/voltmeter.



-Don-  Auburn, CA

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Controller fault 1 (mean)
« on: June 13, 2026, 06:31:39 AM »
Hi folks,

Yesterday, I got this error on my bike’s dash while riding: Controller fault (error 9) three times in two days.
The bike suddenly stopped running.I turned the key off and back on, and the bike started working again.
I checked the log and saw Controller Fault 1. Does anyone know what Fault 1 means?

I also frequently see this message in the log: Controller warning 26. Weird.

SRS 2020 45k (new battery BCB and power tank)
Maybe not so weird. Isn't error 26 mean low voltage from the DC2DCC? That voltage being low can screw up all types of things and cause more errors.


IOW, be sure to check the 12V stuff for being low.



-Don-  Auburn, CA

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General Discussion / The Semi-Solid-State Battery
« on: June 12, 2026, 03:14:39 AM »
"This Dodge Charger EV Prototype Packs An Experimental Semi-Solid-State Battery"

See Here.

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Energica / Re: So whats the story
« on: June 11, 2026, 10:00:50 PM »
To be fair, Zero has pretty much delivered every new model I can remember them announcing at the promised time...
There is an exception to every rule. Zero has been the big exception--perhaps the only exception.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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Energica / Re: So whats the story
« on: June 11, 2026, 01:21:09 PM »
So here we are, it's june and Energica is supposed to be shipping bikes by now right?

any word, about anything?

yah didn't think so.

aaron
Has anything EV related ever been available on the date promised?


People are still waiting for their 2020 Tesla Roadster. Now promised for 2028.    In 2028, I wonder what the new date will be.


But with Energica, maybe after our lifetimes. But I doubt it will be that soon.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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I have been saying for years that there is a lot of vaporware with EV batteries.


But the SSB was the one that fooled me.


As they say, a lie repeated enough times becomes the truth (at least for quite a while).


And I fell for the lie. But at least I didn't invest in the lie.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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Do you mean in general, or specifically from Verge? They don't have one, never did, probably never will. If you didn't know (that long video explains it all) they're the parent company of Donut Labs, it was a spin off in an attempt to save the dying brand (and I guess it's worked for now with all the funding they've got) however Donut only actually makes motors. The batteries were supposed to be coming from Nordic Nano using technology developed by CT Coatings. However this supposed miracle battery never materialised (no surprise there), but Donut decided to continue the lie. The main guy running the show is a con man, I can only assume his intention is to keep it going and get as much money as he can and then do a runner.
Sound like both, Verge as well as the SSB is all BS. They cannot put a type of  battery in the Verge that doesn't exist!


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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It's not solid state, it's just a regular old lithium battery. It's a plain old scam, I don't think it meets any of the claims they made.
Thanks, I will forward this thread to a buddy of mine who has a Verge on order.


But the main thing I would like to know is if the entire SSB thing is just BS, or if the SSB really does exist, at least for its biggest claim that it cannot catch fire.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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Not even close. It's just a high end lithium battery, he gives some examples of others in the video that perform as well or better.
Isn't the main advantage of the SSB just that it is safter than the others, just less likely to blow up?


I found the video too long and too boring to watch, so I do not know if that was mentioned or not.


-Don- Auburn, CA

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2023 Zero DSR/X not charging
« on: June 10, 2026, 05:47:42 AM »
Good to hear it's working. Intermittent problems are the worst! Make sure your towing insurance is paid up, ha ha!
I think it all had to do something with the bike sitting a bit too long, such as the battery getting out of balance causing the BMU to stop the charge. Perhaps right on the edge. After around 20 charge attempts, it started to charge fine. IOW, I don't think the fix was anything else that I did.


But yes, I do have a couple of ways to call for a tow truck, AAA Premier (member since 1992) and the Spot Messenger towing service (SOV).


However, I somehow do not expect to see this problem again, but if I do, I will just keep on trying to charge unit it works--and then I will look into replacing the BMU.


-Don-   Auburn, CA

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2023 Zero DSR/X not charging
« on: June 09, 2026, 12:31:56 PM »
Maybe it's a little too late but here is a trouble shooting suggestion. The unofficial Zero manual has a description for building an adapter to read information through the OBD port. It's for Gen 2 bikes but works on Gen 3 also. I think I had to switch the TX and RX wires and use a different Baud rate but after some messing around I got it to work on a laptop. When you key on the bike you can see all the start commands as it is happening. You can see all the commands just like you see in the logs, the same when you plug into charge. Pretty useful for trouble shooting. If you type in "help", you bring up a menu of all the info you can get. It's fun even if you don't need it. There are posts about it from a long time ago. Here is an example. This is "BMS interface" screen. You can see things like charge targets, lowest cell voltage, how many amps the headlights are drawing, pack capacity.
Thanks, that could be handy.


But so far, I have not had a trace of the no charge problem since the time I charged it up to 110% SOC and then rode it. I put on around 200 miles on it since then and charged it up a few times. But I am curious what caused it and if it will happen again. Perhaps I should have your suggestion handy just in case it does happen again.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2023 Zero DSR/X not charging
« on: June 07, 2026, 03:53:54 AM »
I took a better look at the dates and time:


32536/4/2026 9:31:10 PM764000481114Fault set: CONTROLLER_WARNING
352536/4/2026 9:31:10 PM766000491149controller warning 50
272536/4/2026 9:31:11 PM314000501176MBB RTC Valid
382536/4/2026 9:31:11 PM316000511214Fault cleared: DC_DC_LOW
472536/4/2026 9:31:13 PM736000521261Fault cleared: CONTROLLER_WARNING
692536/4/2026 9:31:22 PM982000531330CHARGER LSS: Freeing CHARGER node id 0x10 for charger 0
262536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM610000541356Key Sw = OFF
642536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM704000551420Control flags changed. Old: 0x204076 New: 0x204078
432536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM705000561463State change from STOP to HIB
502536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM725000571513MTC pending change by 3 from 0 to 0
75816/4/2026 9:32:22 PM726000581588000961143000010000HIB48296037340013296640
702536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM727000591658Disch limits: curr 897 cap 897 act 2147483647 pow 102527
632536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM728000601721Ch limits: curr 83 cap 83 act 2147483647 pow 9486
29846/4/2026 9:32:22 PM7280006117510-650280-1
642536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM731000621815Control flags changed. Old: 0x204078 New: 0x200070
602536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM733000631875Disable flags changed. Old: 0x0000 New: 0x0004
1062536/4/2026 9:32:22 PM739000641981Stopping 12v charge. DC-DC 13378688uV, Battery 13296640uV, Combined 13135518uV, Ambient 30C
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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2023 Zero DSR/X not charging
« on: June 07, 2026, 12:51:29 AM »
The EEPROM read fails are probably an issue.

Cas :)
Perhaps because of the "BMU ineligible" error.  But neither error  tells me why it happened.


But . . . I just now noticed it has dates for 2025.  I will now recheck the entire log looking more careful at the dates. 


-Don- Auburn, CA

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: 2023 Zero DSR/X not charging
« on: June 07, 2026, 12:06:13 AM »
January 1st 1970 is when Unix time started, which is basically the zero point from where all computers count from to know what the time is. It's why in many calendar apps you can't scroll back before then, because to the computer that time doesn't exist. Being the first entry in the logs it can be assumed it writes that before it does the count to figure out the actual date and time.
Thanks for the info. I assume that means it is expected and normal to start with a date of 1970.  So then for me to see the real date, I need to look at the date where it first changes.


Does anybody here see an issue in those logs why my bike would not charge the other day? All seems to be well now, charges every time.


I even had the opportunity to recharge it 67% SOC and all was fine yesterday. It was at 67% when I first had the issue the day before.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

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