>>1329752>>1329619Soooooo
After about 4 hours of charging I seem to get about 30 min of throttle hogging. Now to be fair that was with 0 pedaling, 100% throttle riding, but there are issues.
1. Could the batterys still just need time to "wake up"? To get properly charged
2. Am I limited to an hour of ride time at full charge?
3. Please realize that I am something of a professional at riding motorized cargo vehicles like this, and although this is my first trike and not bike, the charging feels...off.
So, I must ask.
1. Last night we tested the voltage at 45. Now with that said, it was with the various batterys st about 50% on the diehard 12v charger, each tested individually. And the Chinesecharger, which to be fair has a radiator and active cooling, was just plugged in for 4 ish hours and got 30 min of ride time. Is the 48v/20ah charger sticker lying to me on the ah? Or is the battery themselves just fucked? I'd rather not steal car batterys because that's someone's car and I've had car issues before and as a kid and I'd like to avoid giving other people those issues, but other ways of sourcing lead acid batterys would be appreciated.
To(day) construction begins in about 4 hours so I cant charge for 16 hours, but i can do another partial charge at the library.
Oh and the big issue holding it back last night was the break lever was giving a false cutoff signal to the motor. Disconnecting the break lever from the controller fixed that up lickety split. Makes me wonder how well the battery would have held up before, but that's salty beans now.
And yeah, worst case scenario- if the lead acid batterys haven't died but will take 8 hour charge times for minimal performance, I'm gonna need to construct a damm powerwall of lions to fuel this thing for pedicabbing.
Unrelated the cops gave me looks as I blew past several red lights on this thing. I also suspect it goes a bit faster then is legally allowed- I know my bike speed and this felt north of 25 mph
