Ooooohhhh, flecc and Harry that's very interesting, it may do as a top-up at work if necessary. Thanks guys, I've never been to a forum where people are so knowledgeable and helpful before!
Convince me to stay electric
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Is it possible / feasible to use more than one charger if you were using ones like this (see the £13.49 one with a discharge facility) and could find a successful way of connecting / disconnecting batteries in series as required?
Would that be a cheap alternative with a discharge function or am I barking up the wrong tree?
No John, using these could at the very least shorten cell life and could wreck the battery.
Our chargers have to be three connector types terminating the charge on a temperature basis.
That means a cutoff circuit that matches the thermistor value in each battery type. Any old charger won't do, our having quite a lot of sophistication with temperature controlled charge progression, temperature signalled charge cutout and overvoltage safety termination, all matching a particular bike battery type.
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Our chargers have to be three connector types terminating the charge on a temperature basis.
That means a cutoff circuit that matches the thermistor value in each battery type. Any old charger won't do, our having quite a lot of sophistication with temperature controlled charge progression, temperature signalled charge cutout and overvoltage safety termination, all matching a particular bike battery type.
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Well done for managing 4 days as it is not easy - think how fit you are going to get. By the way I think you will have to wait until early december for your delivery, still I expect you are first in the queue.
When I ordered it they said there would be a shipment early November and they will be sent out perhaps the second week in November, so it'll be interesting to see when it does arrive. Somehow (perhaps I'm a natural pessimist) I expect you're right. However I did cycle in again today, I'm not sure I'll be able to move my legs this weekend!
Yes you would assume that as they are getting a new stock of the Torq 2 around that time, so I hope you are right. Let us know when it arrives....
My latest trick (and this won't help you aroncox) is to leave the battery next to a radiator overnight. No cutting out at all this morning although I am sure it will hasten the battery's demise doing this. No chance of doing this at work though as no radiators.
Scott, just a thought about the NiMH batteries and supplies. I am happy to put down a deposit (say 10%) to secure a battery from the next shipment but not that happy to hand over £250 to secure one. Could a deposit system be arranged on the website or over the phone?
When I first got the bike I seemed to be the only one on the road, and used to get comments like "she's a space cadet" yelled at me. Going past a school can be bad enough without the added fireworks element; cyclists in general seem to be a favourite target for the teens right now, without throwing in something a bit different for them to latch on to. I'm going to be staying in that night for sure.@Branwen - Well done, 5 yearsimpressive.
@ALL - Can I ask if anyone has any concerns about cycling on and around bonfire night (just a bit apprehensive about cycling home in heavy traffic with the prevalence of teenagers setting off fireworks all around me/at me)?
John
Maybe I am a bit biased. The teenagers near me spent their time waiting for cyclists and trying to knock them off their bikes by kicking a football into them, and recording it on thei mobile phones. Not very pleasant. Six 16 year old lads, who are already taller than my diminutuive 5'2" tall, were far too intimidating to tell off when I fell foul of this trick as well, so I went home fuming.
........get even!
You should really have reported it to the Police: (Never, never ever confront the perpetrators.
The Police may not be inclined to do anything: but as the 'Copper' remarked when I had an infinitesimal burglary (a grab on a garden pot worth £10) and I said it was nothing of much value, he responded: IT'S A CRIME!!!
A neighbour had taken the Car Reg'n number and it was spotted in Poole, Dorset (30 miles away from scene of crime). When approached by 'plod' he ran off leaving his mates in the car. Of course they were "unable" to explain their connection to him. As the car was hot, no one claimed ownership. So it was towed away and found its way to the crusher!!
RESULT!
P.
Tell me where you live Branwen and I can avoid that locality.
You should really have reported it to the Police: (Never, never ever confront the perpetrators.
The Police may not be inclined to do anything: but as the 'Copper' remarked when I had an infinitesimal burglary (a grab on a garden pot worth £10) and I said it was nothing of much value, he responded: IT'S A CRIME!!!
A neighbour had taken the Car Reg'n number and it was spotted in Poole, Dorset (30 miles away from scene of crime). When approached by 'plod' he ran off leaving his mates in the car. Of course they were "unable" to explain their connection to him. As the car was hot, no one claimed ownership. So it was towed away and found its way to the crusher!!
RESULT!
P.
We suffered a spate of anti-social behaviour like this a few years ago. The police simply didn't have the manpower to do anything, but they agreed to us forming evening neighbourhood patrols, in pairs. All we did was walk around the village with cameras, filming the yobs being insulting and breaking up street furniture. The local police were sent the photos and the anti-social behaviour quickly stopped. With two of you, one filming, the other with a mobile phone held to their head, the yobs would run away rather than be confrontational.
The worst incident I personally experienced was the yobs pouring petrol (stolen from a neighbours shed) into the gutter outside my house. I backed out of my drive to be confronted with a sudden sheet of flame behind the car. One of the little sods had hidden around the corner and set light to the petrol just as I was driving out...........
Jeremy
The worst incident I personally experienced was the yobs pouring petrol (stolen from a neighbours shed) into the gutter outside my house. I backed out of my drive to be confronted with a sudden sheet of flame behind the car. One of the little sods had hidden around the corner and set light to the petrol just as I was driving out...........
Jeremy
Compared to that experience the minor problems with junior would-be yobs in my local park pale into insignificance.
I live in Edinburgh, and have had comments from various locations, usually near schools at times kids are going in or out, unfortunately. The size of kids nowadays means they are big enough to be scary but protected in law as minors, and dont they just know it huh?
Alex is hoping to get an electric bike owners day out arranged, there;s a lot of us around in this city. Perhaps en masse we will be the scary ones!
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