Thanks in advance for any suggestions or solutions people may have.
I know some people have a similar setup to me and I have searched the forums and learned a few things but still did not find the exact question to my answer.
I recently had my local bike shop upgrade my Cervelo P5-6 from a SRAM red groupset to 9070 Durace DI2. My bike shop did a great job and I now have a fully functioning electronic shifting setup. They even did a great job hiding all the wires and placed all junction boxes and wires internally, there is almost nothing exposed to the wind. However they placed my Junction A box that is required to charge the DI2 system and check the battery level inside the headset. The only way to access it is to partially remove the aerobars and waterbottle mount to open up the topcap and pull out the Junction box to charge or check the battery. This requires a bit of work and could potentially change the position of my aerobar pads.
My question is: Is there any easy way I can charge the system with the junction A box still internal and not having to dismantle my aerobars to gain access to the junction box?
1) My ideal solution: Is there any extension cable that I can buy or make for the shimano junction A box that I can plug into the charging port of junction box A and run through the small hole in the headset to the outside of the frame? (This way just a small charging port from the extension cable would peak out and I could still charge the system and have full access to the shimano etube customization, upgrade and diagnostic features)
2) Alternate solution: I did read that the system can be charge by making a modification to the charge cable and instead of having the cable that plugs into junction A modifying it by soldering a EW-SD50 etube wire to the charge cable and unplugging the etube wire from one of the derailleurs and plugging the modified charge cable to the derailleur and charging.(however this would compromise the etube customization and diagnostic features)
a) If this can be done, does anyone have any advice on how to modify the charger? I am not great with stuff like this.
b) Alternatively, can I buy a extra junction box A and E-tube wire, plug that into one of the derailleurs and then plug the charger into the extra junction box A port and charge the system?
c)If the trick with the extra junction box A works, would I be able to also check the battery level using the extra junction box that is temporarily plugged into the derailleur?
d) Last question, would frequently unplugging and plugging the etube wire from a derailleur cause any long term damage or problems?
I appreciate any thoughts on this
Thank you
I know some people have a similar setup to me and I have searched the forums and learned a few things but still did not find the exact question to my answer.
I recently had my local bike shop upgrade my Cervelo P5-6 from a SRAM red groupset to 9070 Durace DI2. My bike shop did a great job and I now have a fully functioning electronic shifting setup. They even did a great job hiding all the wires and placed all junction boxes and wires internally, there is almost nothing exposed to the wind. However they placed my Junction A box that is required to charge the DI2 system and check the battery level inside the headset. The only way to access it is to partially remove the aerobars and waterbottle mount to open up the topcap and pull out the Junction box to charge or check the battery. This requires a bit of work and could potentially change the position of my aerobar pads.
My question is: Is there any easy way I can charge the system with the junction A box still internal and not having to dismantle my aerobars to gain access to the junction box?
1) My ideal solution: Is there any extension cable that I can buy or make for the shimano junction A box that I can plug into the charging port of junction box A and run through the small hole in the headset to the outside of the frame? (This way just a small charging port from the extension cable would peak out and I could still charge the system and have full access to the shimano etube customization, upgrade and diagnostic features)
2) Alternate solution: I did read that the system can be charge by making a modification to the charge cable and instead of having the cable that plugs into junction A modifying it by soldering a EW-SD50 etube wire to the charge cable and unplugging the etube wire from one of the derailleurs and plugging the modified charge cable to the derailleur and charging.(however this would compromise the etube customization and diagnostic features)
a) If this can be done, does anyone have any advice on how to modify the charger? I am not great with stuff like this.
b) Alternatively, can I buy a extra junction box A and E-tube wire, plug that into one of the derailleurs and then plug the charger into the extra junction box A port and charge the system?
c)If the trick with the extra junction box A works, would I be able to also check the battery level using the extra junction box that is temporarily plugged into the derailleur?
d) Last question, would frequently unplugging and plugging the etube wire from a derailleur cause any long term damage or problems?
I appreciate any thoughts on this
Thank you
