Mac of all trades review 2012
The battery arrived this week Monday, January 3rd. (My old battery was a 36V 9Ah NiMH.) The total cost was $514, including shipping and the 5A charger instead of the free 2.5A charger. So on December 13th, I ordered a new battery, this time a 36V 15Ah LiFePO4 battery (a relatively stable but heavy type of Lithium Ion chemistry) from. I would always need a day or two to recover. I tried to bike to work on an unpowered bike, but wasn't able to bike more than 2 days a week. Since my last post, I moved farther away from work (18 miles by the bicycle route I take, or 20 miles by the car route I take, or 15 miles by the most direct but hilliest route). I hope to commute 4,000 miles by eBike this year. So I know the 36V 15Ah battery is good for at least 34 miles, at least with me pedaling. I've been riding to work a couple of time a week, about 34 miles roundtrip before I recharge the battery.
Li Ping who sold the battery helped me diagnose a bad charger, so I bought a new one (the cheaper 2.5V volt charger this time) and all is good in the world again. Recently, my charger stopped charging the battery.
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The brake lever was slightly troublesome because I had to figure out how to wire it for the controller, but in the end it turned out to be pretty simple. I realized that I chose the correct capacity battery, based on my motor (500W) and the web site which says, "Suitable Wattage of Motor: up to 600 Watt, 450 Watt suggested".Īfter I bought the new battery, one of my brake levers broke, and the noodle bracket on my front brake broke. I'd like to correct something in my earlier post about my new e-Bike battery.