Hello
I'm new to this forum and this is my first post.
I recently bought a Powabyke Euro and am very happy with it except for one thing. A replacement battery for it seems to cost around £135 from a v quick internet trawl. Since I presume it is just 3 x 12v motorbike batteries linked in series, this seems very expensive and has a significant impact on the economic benefit of my e-bike over using the car. I'm very keen to 'go green' but I feel e-bike suppliers are taking a short term view towards their captive market and this in turn will inhibit market growth.
But to be specific, anyone know if you can do a DIY job on replacing the internals of these bespoke battery packs? If so, what woud be the right battery to get (i.e. suitable for the discharge rates involved including full discharge / recharge ability).
Whilst writing, I've been told the battery will do around 200 full cycles befor it gives up. I'm using it daily for a a 10 mile thereand back commute and it is taking 2hrs to recharge as against 4hrs for a full recharge. Does thsi mean I may get 400 charges (or at least rather more than 200 charges) since I'm only partially discharging it each day?
Grateful for any advice and thanks.
Mike
I'm new to this forum and this is my first post.
I recently bought a Powabyke Euro and am very happy with it except for one thing. A replacement battery for it seems to cost around £135 from a v quick internet trawl. Since I presume it is just 3 x 12v motorbike batteries linked in series, this seems very expensive and has a significant impact on the economic benefit of my e-bike over using the car. I'm very keen to 'go green' but I feel e-bike suppliers are taking a short term view towards their captive market and this in turn will inhibit market growth.
But to be specific, anyone know if you can do a DIY job on replacing the internals of these bespoke battery packs? If so, what woud be the right battery to get (i.e. suitable for the discharge rates involved including full discharge / recharge ability).
Whilst writing, I've been told the battery will do around 200 full cycles befor it gives up. I'm using it daily for a a 10 mile thereand back commute and it is taking 2hrs to recharge as against 4hrs for a full recharge. Does thsi mean I may get 400 charges (or at least rather more than 200 charges) since I'm only partially discharging it each day?
Grateful for any advice and thanks.
Mike