Hi folks
Specc-ing a conversion of my current commuter into an ebike, using the Tongsheng 250W TSDZ2. Could do with some hive-mind thoughts on battery options...
It's a 40km round commute with about 450m of climbing. On a test ebike with Shimano Steps, I was consistently using about 200Wh from the battery. I want to keep the battery as small/light as possible (the bike already weighs a tonne...), so I'm thinking about 250Wh would be a reasonable compromise. Needs to be downtube mounted.
Initial plan was a small bottle-battery (handy bonus - if I needed additional capacity for something, I could just buy a second and swap them over as needed during a ride). However, I'll be unplugging it daily to charge in the office, and I'm a little concerned about the waterproofing/fatigue on the battery/motor connection, even with a decent connector. Am I safer buying something with a battery "mount plate" so I can heat-shrink wrap the mount-motor connection, and then relying on the battery-mount connection being a bit more robust for repeated plug/unplugging?
Commute is all-weathers in central Scotland, so we do rain well...
Cheers
Rob
Specc-ing a conversion of my current commuter into an ebike, using the Tongsheng 250W TSDZ2. Could do with some hive-mind thoughts on battery options...
It's a 40km round commute with about 450m of climbing. On a test ebike with Shimano Steps, I was consistently using about 200Wh from the battery. I want to keep the battery as small/light as possible (the bike already weighs a tonne...), so I'm thinking about 250Wh would be a reasonable compromise. Needs to be downtube mounted.
Initial plan was a small bottle-battery (handy bonus - if I needed additional capacity for something, I could just buy a second and swap them over as needed during a ride). However, I'll be unplugging it daily to charge in the office, and I'm a little concerned about the waterproofing/fatigue on the battery/motor connection, even with a decent connector. Am I safer buying something with a battery "mount plate" so I can heat-shrink wrap the mount-motor connection, and then relying on the battery-mount connection being a bit more robust for repeated plug/unplugging?
Commute is all-weathers in central Scotland, so we do rain well...
Cheers
Rob