Recent content by DarkerSide

Ha! I thought this bit was full of electric gubbins. Turns out there's oodles of space to do the connections and keep them tidily out of the way.

Sorry, yes, I thought I'd included the word "mount" somewhere in there, but clearly not!

Aha, that's a different option. It's a Hailong downtube battery, so I'm sure there's some photos online on how to open it up. Plan for lights is 4 X 12v LED strips in series, plus a separate headlight in parallel.

Hi folks Having enjoyed the TSDZ2 so much on my touring bike, Santa (the generous devil) has provided a Kona Ute for electric longtail excitement. When I move the kit over, I'd like to wire in lights (partly because the new bike doesn't have a dynamo hub). I have a plan for that based on much...

My solution has been to carry around a lockring spanner and tighten it whenever it loosens (which has been about every 300km). As some have pointed out, this could be managed with regular maintenance rather than being reactive, but I would inevitably forget one month and be caught out... The...

Hi folks Loving my TSDZ2 conversion, and looking to add in some additional electrics: Main beam headlight (dipped headlight/DRL already provided by a dynamo-powered light), so I can retire the Exposure Strada on the handlebars Horn, so I can retire the Mk1 Lungs. I appreciate this is about as...

The nut delicately highlighted in red keeps loosening (twice in 150km). This causes the cranks to rock. I've just greased it again and tightened it up with a large lockring spanner rather than the included tool to try and get more torque on it. Any other thoughts? Possible factor - I spaced...

This is apparently the crane mini Suzu top cap bell. I like it because it leaves space on the handlebars for something a little more industrial... Good solid Ting! which carries well.

Thanks for the thoughts, folks. I'm going to try heat-shrinking the individual connectors for now, although I've ordered a cheap mini heat gun to try and get a better result. Although I'm sure soldering would give a better end result, I'm still looking in to running a connection off the battery...

I don't, but if there's ever a time to learn new skills it's when you're stuck in a house... If soldering is the best choice, can give that a go.

Not as a pair, but thinking about this that's probably not what you're suggesting. Shrink each connection individually and not bother with one over the pair? Part of my concern is I've never had good results with heat shrink (previously used it a lot with dynamo lighting systems). Wondering if...

Humbly reporting back in. Ta da: Not quite finished yet (the hydraulic brakes I bought were a European kit, so I need to switch the levers over), but managed a test lap successfully. Post on the build is here. Thanks for the guidance above!

Hi folks I've almost finished converting by touring bike to use a Tongsheng TSDZ2 kit from Woosh, which generally has been an excellent kit and straightforward to use. The one bit that's concerning me is the connection between the battery mount and the motor. (I've written up a post on the...

Thanks Kirstin, that's good to know. For some reason I thought the 48V only came in 350W (ie not UK legal), so glad someone's pointed that out). And thanks Andy for charger advice. Just to come back to my original question; for repeated battery disconnection and with a main concern on...

Hi folks Specc-ing a conversion of my current commuter into an ebike, using the Tongsheng 250W TSDZ2. Could do with some hive-mind thoughts on battery options... It's a 40km round commute with about 450m of climbing. On a test ebike with Shimano Steps, I was consistently using about 200Wh from...