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What do you guys use to charge your 10s and 12s packs? Struggling to find something suitable. Without having 2 chargers on the go at once. But it seems like the chargers are best sync'd together to balance between packs also. My B6 does not do that.

Waiting for the paint to dry between coats. Why does some plastic paint require less than an hour between coats or more than 48 hours? 2 tins from the same range one has different times between coats than the other. Boring :) So my £20 "Thing" , Still unable to find out what it actually is/was...

Try adding a small lightbulb to the inverter on a socket doubler. I tried to run a small electric staple/nail gun on a 600watt inverter. But it would not fire. Seems it needs some load for the sensor to detect and control the output voltage. The guns single pulse to fire wasnt enough. Adding...

Slightly different topic this time so started a new thread, My £20 "Thing" is advancing slowly. Got some paint and ordered some bulbs etc. I would like to tidy up the wheels, they are 3 spoke all alloy. Rear wheel is no problem as it uses a band brake. But the front wheel. How do you treat...

I have some zinc rich primer, I bought 2 tins after reading a review in one of the car mags. They tested a whole batch of stuff and this primer came out best. Damn you have me wondering now. Which one should i choose?

Is there anything in the motor i can service or improve whilst its off the bike?

Ahhh, I have a couple of those. But i think mine are 12v only.. Quite bright. I do have some voltage droppers. Supposedly 80v, But the review of them seems to be 50 or 60v max in reality. With a sustained 45v use if left on for hours at a time. Anything over that and a bigger heatsink must be...

Its currently in pieces. So i will try to weigh all the bits tomorrow. The rear swing frame? Whatever its called looked rusty, Luckily its still solid, But thought i would give it a coat of rust killer and a good paint before putting it to use. The frame is very basic and not that heavy. I...

Thanks. It will have to wait now. It no longer has pedals, Or wheels or anything really. :) Went to town on it. The left pedal/arm etc looked rather rust so i thought the bearings maybe shot. They appear OK. But totally devoid of grease on the left bearing. Right bearins still had some. Chain...

There are several holes filled with rusty remnants. What are they supposed to be? Going ot cause an issue sooner rather than later? All the covers are off and cleaned. It must have been a haven for spiders, Tons of remains and lots of web. And as you can see, plenty of rust. How much to i want...

I was thinking of fitting the light unit inside the current unit, But the thoughts of heat may dash that plan. I could paint the plastic lens and poke the light through that i guess. The topbox lock looks similar to that with an odd shaped rear linkage. But the linkage would swap over to one of...

Stumped for a title, I posted pictures of my ebay bargain in the what bike section. It actually works :) It doesn't look like the pictures anymore. Its stripped of all its clothing so i can see the frame and workings. Thankfully no serious rust. Frame mostly good except the rear A frame. Paint...

Thanks, I picked up an ebay bargain on Monday. Sold as spares/untested/incomplete. No keys or charger but the batteries charged enough in a few hours for a spin around the block by my daughter. I said just go to the corner and back and whoosh she was gone... I managed a quick go before the...

Tried it up and down the road. Only a short couple of minutes, Not exactly a ball of fire but moving along OK. Will be fun finding finding out if it will manage a hill or not. Brakes are awful. Noise!!! Lets see if pictures work.

I will try to upload one in a bit. Just think of something dragged from a canal thats been there for years and you wont be far off. I got bored waiting for the batteries to charge.. 12 and a bit volts only... IT WORKS!!! well on the stand anyway. Joined the 3 ignition wires together. One...

I have some spare 12Ah batteries i bought for my FIL's mobility scooter. The batteries fitted are 10Ah but appear to be the same size. I want to charge these a few times to see if they recover first though, before i start cutting cables etc. Going to have a look underneath and crossing my...

Glad you mentioned that. Ive seen the results of overcharging lipo's. Although i would imagine it would need a fairly steep hill to put that much charge into them. Just spun the pedals as fast as i can and it only reached 12 volts. But the battery plug received that voltage whether the switch...

Test meter across the battery plug. One side gives continuity on the green wire and the other gives continuity on the white wire. Battery charging in the shed so no reference as to which is + and - though. I will check as much as i can before attaching the batteries. Silly me, Just thought...

Thanks Geebee, The ignition switch is a plastic block thats sealed with hot melt glue or similar. I have no idea how many wires run to the motor. Guessing its an old bike and just 2 wires. Not one of these fancy modern motors. Lights appear to be standard bulbs not LEDs so they will be...

Having a tinker, My CTEK charger seems to be doing its job on the first battery. 12.3 volts so far. At least it didn't flash up dud battery. So hope yet. Any idea on the ignition wires though? Switch on left handlebar causes a red LED to light when pedalling. I think i will play it safe on the...