Tref from North Wales

[TREF]

Hope it works out perfect for you Tref.

Thanks Taff. Went for my first ride on Friday morning. From St.Asaph to Dolwen which is just past Betws yn Rhos, a round trip of 25 miles. Probably the hilliest route I could have taken. I tried to stay in Eco mode as much as possible but had to use Sport and Power mode quite a few times to climb the steepest parts. I was quite surprised to find that I had only used 20% of the battery power. Really pleased.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Battery capacity = 612wh. 20% = 122wh, divided by 25 miles = 5wh/mile. Either you were pedalling hard and going very slow or you need to recalibrate your battery gauge.

That's if you have the 17aH battery!

 

[TREF]

Battery capacity = 612wh. 20% = 122wh, divided by 25 miles = 5wh/mile. Either you were pedalling hard and going very slow or you need to recalibrate your battery gauge.

That's if you have the 17aH battery!

Yes I do have the 17aH battery.
I might have made a error, because the battery level indicator has five lights I assumed each light was 20%, and after my ride there was four lights showing hence the 20% used. On reading the manual just now it says four lights=80%-60% so it is quite possible that I have used twice the amount that I originally thought.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You can't rely on what it says in the manual. You might find that they don't go down linearly. When you've emptied the battery a few times, you'll get an idea of the relationship between the lights and the actual state of charge of the battery.

You can't beat a wattmeter, which gives a pretty accurate measure of how much battery you've used and how much you have left.

 

[TREF]

You can't rely on what it says in the manual. You might find that they don't go down linearly. When you've emptied the battery a few times, you'll get an idea of the relationship between the lights and the actual state of charge of the battery.

You can't beat a wattmeter, which gives a pretty accurate measure of how much battery you've used and how much you have left.

Yes you are absolutely right d8veh. Perhaps I got a big carried away with the excitement of riding my new bike for the first time. After several more rides I should understand the lights/state of charge relationship a bit better.