Hi from Ontario Canada ! Great forum ! Been looking at lot and this one is the best !
I agree this is a great forum with a lot of very knowledgeable people who've been doing the E-vehicle thing for a while.
Grateful for some answers to some noob questions.Please,just want to make my moto better,longer and a little faster to make it safer.
I'm a noob but I can try to answer some of your questions to the best of my very limited knowledge.
Can I buy one of these 60 volt 20ah-maybe another 10 ah too- and just drop it into my motorino and drive with more distance , more speed?
(stock sla 48 volt 20 + 14 ah XPN)
You can get a 60V 30AH from Ping if you want long range and more power, but you will have to upgrade your controller to take 60V, or change the caps in your existing controller to 100V ones.
Can they lay on there side under the seat?
You mean the compartment under the seat? I would leave that for storage. You can put the Lithium battery where the 20AH SLAs are presently. Of course you have to disassemble the whole rear end of the scooter to get to those SLAs. Well worth the effort to shed almost 70 pounds off your scooter, get more torque, more range and more speed and regain the space under the seat for storage.
Can you parralell two packs of different ah ?
Apparently it can be done with SLAs as we have a 20AH paralleled with a 14AH. I wouldn't do it with a lithium battery, no need to really as you can get a 30AH which will give you almost three times the range you have with your SLAs.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/60V-20AH-LiFePO4-Pack-BMS-6A-Charger-Motorcycle-/250931727980?pt=US_Batteries&hash=item3a6cb24e6c
I don't know about this ebay battery there, maybe someone can chime in about it but I'd go with Ping over this.
Should I buy a new controller ? Which one ?
If you go 60V yes, you can get a Lyen controller, http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16998, or a Kelly one http://kellycontroller.com/general-brushless-motor-speed-controller.php can't help you on which one to get though. Some people here had great succes with a cheap Hua Tong generic controller. Some work is needed, warning lots and lots of reading http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29469&hilit=72V+hua+tong
How difficult will hookup and installation be?
It all depends on your capabilities and the tools you have.
Is a cycle analist hard to hook up and which one should i buy?
I don't know about this one but I would love to find out also. A popular choice seems to be the CA from ebikes.ca. http://www.ebikes.ca/store/store_accessories.php
Learned a lot from your forum.Thankyou
where do we donate to the forum?
Don't know about that one.
ps-will the regen affect the new battery?
It should put some voltage back in the battery just like it did with the SLAs.
Hope this helps.