Recent content by tony18m2001

Thank you so much HarryB for starting this thread. I live in Leicester which has had more lights per head of population than any city I can think of. Even the roundabouts now have useless traffic lights. I have posted the link on Facebook to bring it to a wider audience. I only hope the council...

My Cadence was originally provided with 36V filament bulbs, but I persuaded Scott at 50Cycles to let me swap the headlamp for an eZee spare LED one. I still have the filament rear one - the current consumption is sometimes useful to drop the battery volts down after charging till the controller...

Back in October 2009 I posted regarding my Ezee battery rebuild using Aldi NiMH C-cells. I mentioned that I couldn't fit them in the battery box, so I am going to overflow into a small extra box. Should finish that this christmas break and post some results/pics. Anyway - I promised to post a...

Only just noticed your classified - I'm interested at the sort of price you are suggesting - is it still available? Private mail for negotiations. Tony

Rebuilding an Ezee Cadence battery pack with Aldi 'C' cells continued I posted this in April and need some advice. I did discharge tests on the 64 Aldi C cells and was happy with their 4Ah capacity (although I did manage to overcharge a couple which exploded the plastic insulator end of their...

Rebuilding an Ezee Cadence battery pack with Aldi 'C' cells continued I posted this in April and need some advice. I did discharge tests on the 64 Aldi C cells and was happy with their 4Ah capacity (although I did manage to overcharge a couple which exploded the plastic insulator end of their...

Ezee Cadence battery pack with Aldi 'C' cells I've just started on the journey towards rebuilding my old kn*****d Li-ion battery by buying 31 packs (2 cells spare) of Aldi Activ Energy C cells (4Ah) - recently reduced in price to £1.99 for a pair - that's £61.69 for the set - cheapest on the...

NiMH charging voltage Well - the battery was once yours, Flecc, so you might know if it had been modified :) Peak voltage at cut-off on my new charger is 45.5V with drop off to around 43.5 when the temperature stabilises. This is around the same voltage as I got with previous charging...

Power meters and Ezee Over-Voltage Thanks Flecc for the link to the WattsUp meter - its certainly cheaper than the CycleAnalyst, but doesnt have the odometer input and handlebar mount. On the subject of NimH batteries and the Ezee - do you know how to adjust the over-voltage trip on the Ezee...

cheap NiMH charger plus Cycle Analyst computer Slightly off topic - move to different thread if you think fit. I have been using by old Li-ion charger for a year or so to charge a NimH battery on my Ezee Cadence with occasional full top ups from a separate power supply. I was recently doing a...

Hi Flecc et al I wonder if I can keep my Ezee Cadence running long enough on its NImH battery (thank you Flecc - still running although red battery light is coming on earlier now) till these SCiB batteries become available to all. I was just made aware of them in this article: Electronic...

Glad to see it looks like you have survived a nasty incident Homemoz. Barriers can be just as dangerous the other way - I had nasty incident with a car park barrier in Gibralter last year - I was carrying a couple of diving cylinders and had to duck under a car park barrier. I put the cylinders...

Hi folks Related to this battery recharge thread. A question for the experts - I have an old NiMh battery for my eZee Cadence to use instead of the original Li-ion battery which was wearing out - I will eventually get one of the newer better Li-ion batteries. Meanwhile, I can charge the NiMH...

Hi Andy I hope the following bit of technical information helps you see about the way batteries charge. I used to own a Powabyke, and because of the monitoring connector on the battery, I used to do tests on charging and discharging the battery. Attached is a typical set of curves of charging...

Thank you all for your useful replies. I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy a new charger. I still want to do a few experiments with a separate power supply (1A) and monitor the voltage/temperature characteristics with a data logger. Before I do that I'll look for the exploding...