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One more time. The legislation says that 250W is the maximum RATED power. This means that the motor will not overheat when this wattage is applied continuously. This is nothing to do with the output wattage from the battery, there is no maximum for this in legislation. So a systems that...

The reason that those crisis events boosted the price of gold is that they resulted in the printing of billions of dollars,pounds, euro's, you name it - it got printed. Thus diluting the existing units in circulation and reducing their purchasing power. If you look at the dollar since Nixon...

The difference is, I'm not talking about trading or even investing. I'm talking about wealth preservation. In this respect bitcoin is far too volatile. I obtained my first ounce of gold in 2007. It cost me £385, that same ounce (which I still have) would currently cost around £1700. This...

So, hang on a minute. You can only get a credit score, of any kind, if you are in debt AND paying interest?! So my daughter (late 30's and trying to save for a mortgage), who is fiscally very competant and lives within her means, stands no chance of getting said mortgage because she's TOO...

The self repair/maintenance is one of the things I love about bikes. It's why I go for a kit with quality generic parts, that can be sourced and replaced, rather than some locked down only our bit will fit cash eater.

Anyone remember Smart e biker? Just askin'.

It's almost like we need a well informed public information campaign, giving the basics on charging , storing etc. I wonder how many places went up in flames in the early days of petrol before people knew how to treat it? In early days it was sold by chemist shops. This forum does well with...

In an ice car fire it's known that the main accelerant is petrol/diesel. However the fuel doesn't get the blame, a source of ignition is always looked for. Within the hyperbolic reporting of 'battery fires' the source of ignition is never sought after. Whether fire investigation services are...

You've gotta love forensic fault finding. Finding what is rather than what someone thinks it is.

Well that was relatively painless. Throttle is definitely working as walk assist but can't tell if it's full acting whilst pedalling as even level 1 is driving to full speed on the stand. I do have a concern with the Dillinger battery output cable. At the most I'd say it's 1.5mm possibly less...

That's great. Thankyou gents, I'll see if I can get to it in the morning. I'll have to nick the sat nav out of the car to check the speed next time I take the bike to Pembrey. Yep, that's right, not only do I not posess a smart 'phone but our sat nav is an old TomTom that is no longer updated...

Just getting the recumbent out and ready for some summer riding. It has an AKM128cst, T09S controller and LCD3. For now I'm going to run it with the Dillinger 48v 11.5Ah battery it originally came with (might as well use it up). I have most things set and bike seems to rum well, but struggling...

Before spending your hard earned: Is the bike still in guarentee? If not, you need to test the output of the charger. For this you will need a digital volt meter, can be bought on tinternet for as little as a fiver. You are going to need one anyway to test polarity before buying a new charger...

AFAIK woosh has their kits set up to be legal and robust with only limited user changeable elements. This is to make sure the kits last, and not generate warranty issues. I think his 48v motors are made as such, not 36v ones run at 48. As hubs do not drive through the chain etc. they tend to...

A 48v 17A controller will give you 816w on maximum. For this you would need a battery capable of delivering at least 20A. Note this 20amps not 20Ah, this is the capacity. Here's an AKM100cst 250w as an example. Although rated at 36v, if you bought the 201rpm version and ran it at 48v it would...

Oh boy ! They don't have the 'junctions' figured out at all do they? Every time you come to a side road you're in danger of being hit from every angle. Do you have 360 degree vision? That van nearly had you. I guess, technically, he had the right of way unless you consider the highway code...

Hi Trevor, There are no particularly steep gradients there (west Wales resident speaking :rolleyes:!) and should be no problem for a decent rear hub. Hub motors are optimised to give you 15.5mph. If you maintain around 50% of this speed whilst climbing there should be no problem. Any lower than...

Well no of course it doesn't make sense to mere mortals who retain even a modicum of common sense. The only sense it needs to make is that a box is ticked. Probably some money left over at the end of the financial year. I know, lets spend it on cycle stuff then we'll get some more money next...

As you say, looks like a virtue signaling, box ticking exercise. Just like the painted line cycle lanes they can say, 'We've spent xxxthousands of pounds on cycle facility provision - polish my halo here!'. I dread to think how much that thing cost. It's a sad indictment on society that anyone...

Trouble is that even if this information was supplied, it would mean nothing to the majority, and just result in increasing the deluge of figures. I dare say, in Woosh's case, said info would be available if requested. I don't see what tighter regs would achieve. As said earlier, it's...