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Originally Posted by BarrysWorld
Hey guys, I'm super new to the forums here... and I plan to stick around.
I'm looking for a little advice. I'm trying to do a super inexpensive electric mod to my lowrider bike. I have a motor from an electric scooter I was thinking of using. It's rated at 6A 100W 24VDC. I'm only looking for a little motor assist, as I plan on pedaling all the time too. I had seen on an earlier post that these were good batteries to use http://www.all-battery.com/index.asp...ROD&ProdID=202 ...so, if I bought 20 of those, and made a pack that would be 24v would I be exceeding the amperage of that little motor? Also, I was thinking of using a switch for the power, and only switch it on when I'm up to speed. I don't think the scooters controller would handle the load. |
I have those exact batteries, the Tenergy "d" cells built in to a 36volt pack and fitted in copper tubes formed in to a rack, and I'm replacing them because they can't handle the load that my bicycle motor puts on them, they are designed for lower loads, they work great for flashlights, not for bikes, check out some place like
Ebikes.ca the "c rate" of the packs is how much of a load you can put on it a 5C 8amp hour 24volt pack can handle 5c times 8 amp hours... 40 amp load... my motor is pretty big and has a 40 amp fuse so I suspect it will never see 40 amp load, so that battery pack would be very safe and work well.