How interchangeable are a Brand's e-parts

[Northern Irelander]

I currently have a Powacycle unit (26v 10A) and Im looking at sourcing an additional secondhand Powacycle bike, available to me locally.

This would be for spares and controllers etc

Are e-parts easily interchanged between models across the range?

for example battery connector (4 pin), control unit and throttle units.



I still have to view the bike, will probably answer my own question lol

 

[flecc]

The Salisbury and Windsor models have been very consistent in specification over time, so I think you'd be ok compared with some other makes. However, with Chinese production nothing can be guaranteed, colour codes on wiring in particular often subject to inconsistency.
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[Northern Irelander]

Hi and thanks.

I went to view the bike, it is an old Cambridge.

sadly the seller didn't have a charger (new one ordered but hadn't been delivered. The battery had run flat (could have been dead for a long time)
It was an 8A battery, couldn't see a voltage label, probably Ni battery. Also had the dual terminals on the base and 3 pin for the charger lead.

The hub had an A symbol (Ang/Ang?) and was painted a grey hammerite finish.

I didnt purchase, would be nice to see the motor spin when they receive the charger.

I will trawl the forum for any specs on this bike, if anyone has any links I'd appreciate any pointers.
If the battery is shot, I was thinking of bypassing the two lower terminals and feed the power from the pin connectors (as done on the Powacyclc puma) to a lithium LPX battery.

 

[flecc]

Hi and thanks.

I went to view the bike, it is an old Cambridge.

sadly the seller didn't have a charger (new one ordered but hadn't been delivered. The battery had run flat (could have been dead for a long time)
It was an 8A battery, couldn't see a voltage label, probably Ni battery. Also had the dual terminals on the base and 3 pin for the charger lead.

I will trawl the forum for any specs on this bike, if anyone has any links I'd appreciate any pointers.

The Cambridge is still current and I've linked the page below. It now has a lithium battery, but at one time the Salisbury/Windsor had an 8.5 Ah NiMh battery but with a different case profile so the Canbridge coud have had similar. I don't know if the current Cambridge lithium one will fit the old model. I'm fairly certain the Cambridge motors were an 180 watt model at one time and possibly brush motors, so if that's the case the controller and motor would have been no good as spares for the Salisbury.

Cambridge bike
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[Northern Irelander]

Thanks again

The link you provided on the Powacycle website, is useful but it shows the current model.

I am very pleased with my 180 W brushless motor. Respoking the motor into a 26" wheel it has given me a higher top end speed but slightly less torque.
It goes well despite being the junior of the hub family, a good trade off being it drains less power from the battery when compared with a 200/250 W

Am I right in thinking the brush type motors are more simplistic in their wiring.
Whereas the tri-phase motors are more complex?

 

[flecc]

Am I right in thinking the brush type motors are more simplistic in their wiring.
Whereas the tri-phase motors are more complex?

With most, yes, but there is the odd exception with simple 3 wire control of a brushless motor, those that require pedalling off the mark before power cuts in.
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