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Hi, Why do you mention lead acid. Is the one I have pictured lead?

Thanks for that Mike, Lots of possibilities then, better than disposing of them. All I need now then is to find out what I can test! All good fun, or will be when I know what i'm doing lol Anyway I have learned a lot tonight, thanks all.

So all in all pretty useless then? If it was fully charged could it be used for testing things? Just thinking out loud with no idea what i'm thinking about, excuse my lack of basic understanding regarding electronics or electrics even, I can change a bulb or a plug!

Errrm ok, Lost me at very high peak lol Fred I suppose I could go on a very very strict diet! It is heavy but I didn't think it was that heavy, to pick it up it feels about 3.0kg tops.

Thanks Fred, I just wanted to know if it was possible, now I know it is I won't be doing it!! Seriously though they came out of those 5 in 1 car booster things, the 17AH was the bit that got me thinking, that is a hell of a lot, isn't it.

Would anyone be able to tell if this battery, I have three, could in any way be converted for use on an ebike? Thanks.

Errrm..... I have done and it spins very freely indeed but I don't ride the bike upside down! Anyway I will say no more as I am getting out of my depth, all I know is it happens.

You said something similar in our previous conversation, about air resistance etc. Regarding the brakes, if anything they are slack, I tried to tighten them a bit but the nut on the brake cable holder has rounded. Even on a hill it slows down, I have nothing to compare it to but it definitely...

Now I do feel an idiot, had no idea it was geared! Servo brakes? check for binding.... how?

This may seem like a silly question, I have a cyclomatic power plus. I really, really don't like the drag from the motor that slows you right down when you stop using pedal assist or the throttle. After doing a load of reading am I correct in thinking that a geared motor allows you to freewheel...

I have put the throttle cable connection here, sorry.

Lol

Maybe I did but the smoke means it beyond repair right?

Yes it was the ebrakes. Now it has gone kaput. Controller gone, smoke coming from it!! I think I read somewhere, I may be mistaken, that you had a cyclamatic that blew the controller? I'm hoping against hope you could tell me if it's possible to get a replacement. Or if anyone knows, original or...

Just to add..... I have an Ecostepper that is also from Avocet only few weeks old bought brand new from auction. On ebay at the moment.

So, I didn't know which were the ebrake cables so thought I would disconnect, try then reconnect one by one. Second one I came to was one of them. When disconnected everything worked, when I put it back it stopped again. I am thinking it has definitely happened when I put all the wires back in...

Thanks to all anyway.

Ok. From your experience do you think the controller is broken or maybe something else.

I intend to do what you suggest, regarding the ebrakes. First I thought I would unscrew the controller again just to check and then spotted something. When I turned ignition on and tried the throttle an LED on the circuit board started flashing red, on and off. That was not happening when I...

Agreed