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    Clean out

    My mate with the LBS is on clearing his store room out So for starters this odd machine, say £300 ONO . Its shop soiled and will need re-celling, which we can do for near cost. The shop is in Co Durham. There is also an Izip EZGO folder, same details as before. There will be some Powabyke...
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    Chargers

    Do any of you dealers out there have a 24 volt lipo charger sat about, but for a sensible price. I remember Des80 getting one but cant remember where?
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    Usable battery?

    Hows much in practice not theory is it possible to take from a battery. Was wondering as Ive just put almost 8AH back in to my 12AH headways for a 10 mile ride, was very cold and very muddy. Would hate to think I have to push it up the hill to get home.
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    rear forks

    Is it possible to stretch a standard mtb/road rear frame to take a 175 mm motor? It looks a long way.
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    LiFe PO4

    Using my Turnigy charger on my new Headways and the standard setting is 3.6 volts per cell not 3.65, Is it possible to change this and is it worth it for the extra volt on the cell pack? Not sure if I am getting fitter but these things dont give me a red light climbing hills compared to the...
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    pedal sensor

    Yesterday I noticed i had an iffy pedal sensor on the Izip, been out today and its off more than on, had to switch to throttle most of the time. Now does any one know what the small white box does in the bottom of this image? I think someone mentioned the other week that these had odd...
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    elecscoot

    Does any one know anything about this company Electric Trucks and Cars in Stanley, County Durham, UK from Elecscoot. Been trying to find a decent second-hand local bike for a member of this forum and found this Electric Cycle 24V 12AH Lithium battery-- All Aluminium Mountain bike | eBay...
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    Rear hub problem

    Have a newish rear wheel from a Powacycle, which was a complete nightmare. I finally found time to stick this on the bench today and try it on my spare controller. It checks out electrically, runs free forwards even runs a good turn or so backwards. Have 1 amp fuses in the phase wires of my...
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    battery monitors

    Was going to buy a cell-log as advised but then saw these Battery Testers and almost a third of the price. Anyone tried one? yes I know they wont record anything but will be a good quick check and a low cell alarm.
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    Turnigy charger

    My Turnigy 8 charger arrived today from China so pluged my lipo pack in (ex Powacycle LPX) the pack says 25.2 V but the charger says 25.9 so a little worried there also when doing a balance charge it looks to be going around the 3.9 V for each cell is this about right? what the longest I can...
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    Cyclecharge help

    I cant get in to cyclecharge on this PC, tried the netbook and my Blackberry and no problem. So even tried using the dreaded IE :eek:normally a devoted Firefox man. Just comes back site not available, cleaned the cookies out, restarted machine and still no go. Any IT whizzes out there that can...
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    Battery charging

    Ive been swatting up on battery charging, including reading up Jerrysimons wonderful 23 page thread. But been wondering if I have one of these eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace do I charge up to the correct voltage for each bank of cells ie a 12volt bank or a 15 volt bank separately or is there...
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    powacycle batteries

    I have 2 different Powacycle batteries of unknown condition, but only 1 charger which is for the right hand one. What types of batteries are they and would the charger do for both types? I dont want to buy a charger to find the battery not up to scratch.
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    Wiring lottery

    Just arrived yesterday one of these 24V 250W Brushless Control Controller e-bike Scooter | eBay The wiring does not resemble anything on the controller, but I have worked out the basics, The large (all green!!) wires field windings. The plug with 5 for the sensors. The red, green, brown...
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    controller swaps

    I am currently helping a bike shop friend out fixing some electric bike for him, would just like to ask , am I correct in saying that a cheaper generic controller from say Ebay would be ok to use on most bikes as long as its correct voltage/power/ brushed etc? I have almost 30 years repairing...