Hi there everyone,
I'm new to this forum, so hopefully I'll get things right...
I'm from Tavistock in Devon, and a year or so ago, I was given an old electric bike to fix up. It's been 'maturing' in the shed for a good while now, and though it's been handy to prop the door open with, it's getting to the point where I'm ready to start having a look at it.
It's an old 'Powabyke' (i think it might be a mk1, judging by some pictures on the'net) with a big battery pack containing 3 12v SLA batteries. I was told the batteries have had it, so upon getting the bike, I tried to charge it and they showed up dead on a multimeter. Then on the second go, the charger got wet from the roof leaking and went up in smoke, and now I can't find it anywhere. Has anyone got any info so I could try and get hold of a replacement charger, then some batteries.
At the mo, the batteries are 6 Panasonic C-R0612CH1 6v,12Ah batteries wired up to give 36v. I suspect they're probably not the original ones, but to be honest I don't know whether they are or not. I've never tinkered with an electric vehicle before, so I'm not sure what I'm doing with this, but figured it'd be a fun way to get back into a bit of cycling after not doing it for years (we've got some big hills round here!!!)
Any help would be much appreciated,
John.
I'm new to this forum, so hopefully I'll get things right...
I'm from Tavistock in Devon, and a year or so ago, I was given an old electric bike to fix up. It's been 'maturing' in the shed for a good while now, and though it's been handy to prop the door open with, it's getting to the point where I'm ready to start having a look at it.
It's an old 'Powabyke' (i think it might be a mk1, judging by some pictures on the'net) with a big battery pack containing 3 12v SLA batteries. I was told the batteries have had it, so upon getting the bike, I tried to charge it and they showed up dead on a multimeter. Then on the second go, the charger got wet from the roof leaking and went up in smoke, and now I can't find it anywhere. Has anyone got any info so I could try and get hold of a replacement charger, then some batteries.
At the mo, the batteries are 6 Panasonic C-R0612CH1 6v,12Ah batteries wired up to give 36v. I suspect they're probably not the original ones, but to be honest I don't know whether they are or not. I've never tinkered with an electric vehicle before, so I'm not sure what I'm doing with this, but figured it'd be a fun way to get back into a bit of cycling after not doing it for years (we've got some big hills round here!!!)
Any help would be much appreciated,
John.