triangletom
Active member
TL;DR: Don't worry about the turtle icon when it's below freezing. It'll go away when it warms up.
I woke up this morning to a very cold-looking CE-04:
It was 27'F (-3'C). I turned on the bike and saw my first turtle icon, even at 100% charge. I was a little bit worried that it was due to some electrical fault, but after riding it, I think it was just due to the cold weather.
I did go inside to look at the manual to see what it had to say about the turtle, and the only thing I found when it wasn't in relation to another error message was "Power Severely Limited"
I only had a short way to go today on city surface streets (3mi), but I didn't notice the power limit. I was admittedly holding back the throttle in case the roads were slippery. The only thing I noticed was a substantial increase in energy consumption: I used 15% battery over 5 miles of riding with an average road speed of 25mph, which works out to about 30 miles of range. I've been tracking my energy consumption since getting the bike, and this definitely tracks:
What I don't know yet is how much of that increased energy consumption is due to running a heated jacket, heated grips, and heated seats and how much of it is due to how battery chemistry behaves at slower speeds.
Has anyone else encountered this?
I woke up this morning to a very cold-looking CE-04:
It was 27'F (-3'C). I turned on the bike and saw my first turtle icon, even at 100% charge. I was a little bit worried that it was due to some electrical fault, but after riding it, I think it was just due to the cold weather.
I did go inside to look at the manual to see what it had to say about the turtle, and the only thing I found when it wasn't in relation to another error message was "Power Severely Limited"
I only had a short way to go today on city surface streets (3mi), but I didn't notice the power limit. I was admittedly holding back the throttle in case the roads were slippery. The only thing I noticed was a substantial increase in energy consumption: I used 15% battery over 5 miles of riding with an average road speed of 25mph, which works out to about 30 miles of range. I've been tracking my energy consumption since getting the bike, and this definitely tracks:
What I don't know yet is how much of that increased energy consumption is due to running a heated jacket, heated grips, and heated seats and how much of it is due to how battery chemistry behaves at slower speeds.
Has anyone else encountered this?