Battery Meters

[flecc]

Originally Posted by BBB

Thanks for the reply, but I wondered about a bench type battery tester.
Do some suppliers use these.

I don't know offhand if any suppliers use them. The trouble with sealed lead acid types is that only a voltage or capacity drain test is really possible, testing of individual cells and electrolyte specific gravity isn't possible. A multimeter can check the voltage and the performance on the bike is an adequate capacity drain test so any other kind of bench meter seems to have no point

For the fullest information you could use an expensive Cycle Analyst or Watts-Up meter of the kind referred to within this thread, but I'm not sure what you want to achieve here?
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[flecc]

Originally Posted by flecc

I can only remember two members here buying Crystalytes, one for off road racing and the other got rid of his in favour of a less powerful more refined motor.

Originally Posted by daniel.weck

There's now Herb's recent Brompton DIY job

Brompton - Crystalite 209 Motor

Not back in May 2009 when I posted that though!
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[daniel.weck]

Originally Posted by flecc

For the fullest information you could use an expensive Cycle Analyst or Watts-Up meter of the kind referred to within this thread,
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Quite a few alternatives to the Watts-Up in this thread:

Watts-Up vs Turnigy power meter / analyser

...although personally I find that the Cycle Analyst is an essential tool to monitor the energy consumption patterns of my e-bike.

++ Dan