CFinley25
1 mW
Greetings Programs!
I've been lurking for a few days and have been youtubing E-bikes for a few days longer. A lot of what I have read is still gibberish to me, keep it simple for me Please. I plan to use this topic as a Q/A page and then later after the refinement a Build page. I will also update this post with the refinements for new people reading and joining the conversation.
Im liking the RC conversions for their simplicity as far as the electronics go, But Im not sure whether it will support pulling the bike (43lbs), myself (235lbs), kids trailer (27lbs), and two kids (70lbs total), So in total a 375lbs. So Im open to suggestions on what would be the more powerful and efficient setup. The trips are pretty short only about 1.2 miles one way, 5 miles total all day plus any mid day spur of the moment errands to walmart or autozone, so Im not looking for a huge amount of range under load, maybe 10-15 max. As for speed under load, I am content with 15-20 mph. Also the route I travel has a 105ft climb over 1.2 miles, I think at its steepest its maybe a 4% grade for a few hundred feet.
Here is what I am looking at right now.
Bike ~ Kingpin 8Ball MTB Bicycle
Trailer ~ Allen Sports Premium Aluminum 2 Child Bicycle Trailer
Motor ~ Looking into either a BBSHD or a 48V 1000W 26" Front/Rear Wheel Electric Bicycle Motor Conversion. Though I am strongly leaning towards the hub motors just for the price, which is allowing me to get the higher Ah lipos.
Batteries ~ Multistar High Capacity 4S 10000mAh Multi-Rotor Lipo Pack
The thought for the lipos was to run 3 packs of 2 wired in Parallel and then have those 3 packs wired together in series, so I should have a total capacity of 20Ah at 44.4v...
For charging all those lipos, I planed to used 2 HobbyKing™ Quattro 4x6S Lithium Polymer Multi Chargers
After some of the replies I feel compelled to let you know I am not a noob when it comes to Lithium Polymer batteries. I have been using them since 2009 and have never had any explode or burst into flames, I have used proper charging, balancing and storage for all of my lipos and still have a few of the first lipos I bought back in 2009.
Please, do not tell me they are unsafe, a pencil is unsafe if you use it incorrectly.
Thank you for all the help.
Chris
I've been lurking for a few days and have been youtubing E-bikes for a few days longer. A lot of what I have read is still gibberish to me, keep it simple for me Please. I plan to use this topic as a Q/A page and then later after the refinement a Build page. I will also update this post with the refinements for new people reading and joining the conversation.
Im liking the RC conversions for their simplicity as far as the electronics go, But Im not sure whether it will support pulling the bike (43lbs), myself (235lbs), kids trailer (27lbs), and two kids (70lbs total), So in total a 375lbs. So Im open to suggestions on what would be the more powerful and efficient setup. The trips are pretty short only about 1.2 miles one way, 5 miles total all day plus any mid day spur of the moment errands to walmart or autozone, so Im not looking for a huge amount of range under load, maybe 10-15 max. As for speed under load, I am content with 15-20 mph. Also the route I travel has a 105ft climb over 1.2 miles, I think at its steepest its maybe a 4% grade for a few hundred feet.
Here is what I am looking at right now.
Bike ~ Kingpin 8Ball MTB Bicycle
Trailer ~ Allen Sports Premium Aluminum 2 Child Bicycle Trailer
Motor ~ Looking into either a BBSHD or a 48V 1000W 26" Front/Rear Wheel Electric Bicycle Motor Conversion. Though I am strongly leaning towards the hub motors just for the price, which is allowing me to get the higher Ah lipos.
Batteries ~ Multistar High Capacity 4S 10000mAh Multi-Rotor Lipo Pack
The thought for the lipos was to run 3 packs of 2 wired in Parallel and then have those 3 packs wired together in series, so I should have a total capacity of 20Ah at 44.4v...
For charging all those lipos, I planed to used 2 HobbyKing™ Quattro 4x6S Lithium Polymer Multi Chargers
After some of the replies I feel compelled to let you know I am not a noob when it comes to Lithium Polymer batteries. I have been using them since 2009 and have never had any explode or burst into flames, I have used proper charging, balancing and storage for all of my lipos and still have a few of the first lipos I bought back in 2009.
Please, do not tell me they are unsafe, a pencil is unsafe if you use it incorrectly.
Thank you for all the help.
Chris