XR Controller swap question
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This might sound kind of dumb, but I just wanted to see what y'all had to say.
I recently bought a broken onewheel XR with controller issues, so I ordered a replacement controller and slapped it in, but now the board is acting weird and not turning on.
This is an image of the replacement controller
And this is the broken controller I took out of the board
I realize they look different but I kind of assumed that if they are both meant for the XR that it shouuuuld work fine but I am now seeing that is not true. I was hoping if anyone here has any experience with these controllers if theres any way to get it to work for my board or any comment really
Thanks all!
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@cw_o Did the seller say what hardware revision it was. It looks like it's pre-serialisation but the 4210-4213 models complain about mismatched BMS's. It can be worked around with additional modding but it's a factor.
4206-4209 are fine so if it's one of those it'll be a simple swap.
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@cw_o The replacement looks more like a Onewheel Plus controller, check the big capacitors, they should be marked "80 volts'' for a XR , if they are 60 v then it's a Plus controller.
A later 4210 and up Xr controller will have 4 silver 80v caps instead of 2 caps.
Pictures of a Plus contoller and a Xr 4210 controller. -
@lia The guy said he is going to see his friend who sold them to him on sunday, so I will let you know then.
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@lemur Yeah you might be right that looks just like the replacement. Once I get back home I'll open it back up and check -- maybe I can get a refund if it turns out to be the wrong controller 😅