Each Valance battery charges exactly like a normal 12 v battery. In series 2 are used for the 24v eGO system. The bike works more or less like stock but just a little limited output on acceleration and hill climbing. L R
Thank, Lawrence. Out of curiosity, if I were comparing the Valence batteries to any other lithium ones I might find on the market, what would be the relevant specifications I would be looking for, besides size, volts, and amps? I’m sure there must be more to it than that. Grateful for any tips along those lines. Best, Henri On May 30, 2020, at 2:26 PM, Lawrence Rhodes [email protected] [egoscooters] <[email protected]> wrote: First how much do you weigh(don't have to say just take that into consideration) I weigh 240. I have to come up a substantial hill to get home. The Valance batteries only put out 30 amps continuous. The eGO battery meter is flashing on the two lowest bars all the way up my hill. The eGO can draw 180 amps in burst mode. I have been getting away riding this bike for months now and the batteries seem no worse for wear. The Valance 40ah batteries are slightly bigger than standard lead in your eGO so padding on one side of the battery box and the bottom padding must come out. I simply purchased two used batteries. Installed them and no longer worry about servicing lead batteries. It was a simple drop in conversion. The original charger still functions and the light turns green and end of charge. I have left the bike uncharged for weeks and it performs like a champ. You could do this with cheaper batteries new but the Valance are cheap compared to buying new and have BMS compatible with the original charger. Original price of one Valance 40ah battery is $1,200. The one weakness is not being able to put out large amounts of amps but that may be an advantage for range on level ground. Lawrence On Saturday, May 30, 2020, 1:46:49 PM PDT, Gabriel Brown <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Lawrence, I saw your add and wanted ask you about the battery conversion you did. I'm not in the market for another EGO as I already own one but I was looking at to switch to LI batteries so just curious how you went about it. Was it really $2K to make the switch? That's almost as much as a new bike! In any case, just looking to see how you went about it. Thanks, Gabe https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-electric-cycle/7132906490.html Original craigslist post: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/7132906490.html About craigslist mail: https://craigslist.org/about/help/email-relay Please flag unwanted messages (spam, scam, other): https://craigslist.org/mf/e27d79bff4030f65c2cf44f3a7dd19c22ca5ff9c.1 __._,_.___ Posted by: Henri de Marcellus <[email protected]> VISIT YOUR GROUP • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use __,_._,___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200531/0e9066a4/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
