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  1. John Roach

    Battery life

    Ordered but will need to find a mate with a windows PS
  2. John Roach

    Battery life

    Thanks guys Start of with the cheaper option by running another charge and trying to make better use of the power and gears and aiming to consider that 70% usage is about whats available. Also taken the rather fat 1.9 inch Maxis holy rollers the there max inflation to reduce drag. at 35psi they...
  3. John Roach

    Battery life

    Or maybe the battery indicator is less than accurate ? and 30 miles is about it ?
  4. John Roach

    Battery life

    Hi All thanks for all the input but I have made a mistake in there battery I am using I do have the Q30 cells This is the spec Nominal Voltage: 36V Norimal Capacity: 15Ah Cells: Samsung INR18650 30Q Configuration: 10S5P Pack dimensions (mm): 360 L x 82 W x 130/110 H Weight: 3.46KG Protection...
  5. John Roach

    Battery life

    The power loss is total on all assist settings. the lower ones working up to a point on the flat.
  6. John Roach

    Battery life

    Thanks for that. Looks like its spend time. At least it fits the same holder which took a lot of fitting to a Moulton. I am not looking for speed I just thought a bigger motor may get my 18 stones up the hills better. I didn't fit the throttle to my bike just using the assist mode usually on...
  7. John Roach

    Battery life

    Thanks I think I get that There is that option, here is the detail "commonly referred to as the 'Dolphin' battery pack, this downtube mounted battery consists of 50 x Samsung INR18650 30Q (3.7V 3Ah) connected 10 series 5 parallel. I chose the 14.5 amp battery as the cost hike did not seem...
  8. John Roach

    Battery life

    Thanks I bought it all from Eclipse, the battery is a Dolphin 36v 14.5 using samsung cells. It is the one I chose so can't blame them it just seemed the obvious choice.
  9. John Roach

    Battery life

    I have not noticed that it just provides no power
  10. John Roach

    Battery life

    Hi having just built my first bike by fitting a Bafang 500w mid drive kit to a 1994 Moulton APB which turned out to be somewhat less than straight forward. The kit uses a 36v motor and a 36v battery of 14.5 amps. Battery life is a little disappointing. After about 30 miles the battery is still...