# Regenerative braking at low speeds

**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/regenerative-braking-at-low-speeds/21488
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/regenerative-braking-at-low-speeds/21488 "2021-05-18T20:04:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![alvinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@alvinn](https://community.electricforum.com/u/alvinn)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/regenerative-braking-at-low-speeds/21488/1 "2021-05-18T20:04:44Z")

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My gem doesn’t do any regenerative braking till it hits 20 mph. Is this normal or is there something wrong with my controller?

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### Author: ![Inwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/inwo/32/1067_2.png) [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/regenerative-braking-at-low-speeds/21488/2 "2021-05-18T20:06:05Z")

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What Gem is that?  
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### Author: ![alvinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@alvinn](https://community.electricforum.com/u/alvinn)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/regenerative-braking-at-low-speeds/21488/3 "2021-05-26T21:11:01Z")

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2002 flatbed with e2 controller.

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### Author: ![JarJarJava](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jarjarjava/32/15158_2.png) [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/regenerative-braking-at-low-speeds/21488/4 "2021-05-27T13:54:17Z")

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Seems that regen braking on the old GEMs is marginal at best. I’ve spent hours adjusting the parameters on the T2 in my 2002, never really got anywhere with it.
