Hi,
After the freezing weather clearing up I've had a good chance to test out my new 8fun kit (build described in http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/10313-8fun-conversion-new-carrera-subway-hybrid-bike.html ) and I notice that it doesn't seem to have a huge amount of power compared to my old 24V Urban Mover...
I attached the throttle and it runs at about 16mph unloaded (e.g. on the work stand or upside down) I can get about 13mph out of it on the flat but this substantially drops off if there is any gradient), thats without pedalling. On 'high assist' there is nowhere near as much power as I got from my Urban Mover on 'high assist'. Battery life does seem good though, after 15 miles there was just one LED out.
Could it be poor power connections, or maybe the gauge of the included cables is too small? The power connectors are using bullets are they maybe not up to the job??
The controller is the potted one so doing anything to it is not really an option!
Thanks,
F
After the freezing weather clearing up I've had a good chance to test out my new 8fun kit (build described in http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/10313-8fun-conversion-new-carrera-subway-hybrid-bike.html ) and I notice that it doesn't seem to have a huge amount of power compared to my old 24V Urban Mover...
I attached the throttle and it runs at about 16mph unloaded (e.g. on the work stand or upside down) I can get about 13mph out of it on the flat but this substantially drops off if there is any gradient), thats without pedalling. On 'high assist' there is nowhere near as much power as I got from my Urban Mover on 'high assist'. Battery life does seem good though, after 15 miles there was just one LED out.
Could it be poor power connections, or maybe the gauge of the included cables is too small? The power connectors are using bullets are they maybe not up to the job??
The controller is the potted one so doing anything to it is not really an option!
Thanks,
F