Does main power on/off mean unplug/plug pack with zap? I have no idea about how the GM batts are wired.
Yes I was just going on the single figure of what Alan gave me a few months ago. Maybe controllers differ. The figure was real with Alans configuration but from my understanding he uses a different pack too, not the same as your figure.
Monkey Magic made a post about the voltage settings (24v 36v 48v) and how they change the way the bike behaves. I wonder if this would change the power usage too?
It its good to get some real figures. Alan tested his and got 80ma DMM vary as well. And the
BMS uses some power too I believe but not too much but that would be hard to test.
It would almost take a year to flaten a 16ah @ 2.6ma battery but a month for a 19ma.
My system uses 0ma main power off, 70ma power on. Its linear regulators and I wont be using a GM pack.
But I think it stands that if you leave your bike switched on and maybe for get to charge there is a higher chance to pack failure. I wonder why Alans tested at 80ma and yours test 52ma even though 80ma is still smallish you can see that 60% makes a difference over a month.. I think some may be unaware of how it can add up if you were to foget to switch you pack off after a ride so it remains that one should unplug a battery too or use proper switch.
I think I will be using the latching relays for my lithium packs as they use nothing but a short pulse to achieve the switch I can use a key too to enable the latch relay and that uses nothing as well.
19ma is pretty ok for the alarm IMO but still maybesomething you wouldnt want leaching on your capacity on a low battery.
