Recent content by Hirpm

Maxwell, Thanks for the great tutorial! I'm sitting here waiting for the USPS delivery today of my first Lifepo4 Pack. I just learned everything I need to know! this website is a great resource for the technology of the present and future. Been running Lipos and am tired of spending more time...

Well, I guess I'll post my first Lipo experiences here. It will probably serve as entertainment for the experienced folks but hopefully will be informative for the Lipo newbees like me. I ordered a bunch of XT60 connectors, wire, heat shrink, etc from Hobbyking and it could be 45 days. so I...

Thqnks a lot, Houston, Texas, flat city. I'll watch them closely.

I'm running a 600 watt moter at 44.4 volts with 30C batteries so at max throttle we're looking at 13.5 amps, less than half the C rating. I'll rarely be at full throttle. Actually, I did take the advice posted. After reading all of the horror stories of Lipos I still wanted to try them at a...

Well I got my Turnegy Accucell 6 charger and two Turnegy 2450 MAH 6 cell packs last week. Downloaded the charger manual and watched the YouTube instructional videos. Got familiar with the settings on the charger and then hooked up the packs one by one to do a balance charge and check the cells...

I've been running 6 miles round trip max at full throttle with 8 AH SLA's on flat terrain with only 50 percent discharge. I'm thinking at 44.4 volts I won't be running full throttle. a five mile range is okay. If not I'll just buy two more packs. I like the 6s1p per pack reducing the chance of a...

Well, after spending days reading the battery version of "Gone With The Wind" on this site I jumped on the deal below from Hobby King Your order details are: 2x #T2450.6S.30/16192 Turnigy 2450mAh 6S 30C Lipo Pack (USA Warehouse) = $71.06 1x #Accucel8150/15166 Turnigy Accucel-8 150W 7A...

Yes, I think she's great. And, I'm okay with religion, until it get organized!

OMG! I'm ready to click on the "Order" button. Turnigy 5000 mah 6S 20C (USA Warehouse) Lipos $100.00 (2) IMAX B6-AC 1-6 Cell Charger (Genuine) $40.00 Thanks for all of the great replies and information on this site. This is a Gageteer's utopia!

Well, been looking on Hobby King and considering 3 choices. this is for a 600 watt Wilderness Energy front hub motor on a 24 " wheeled mountain bike. Short rides of 6 miles or less on flat (Houston) landscape with an easy throttle, Zippy 4500 mah 10 SP 30C 37 Volt at $82.06 (1) Zippy 5000...

Wesnewell, So when you put these packs together where did you get the cells? How did you manage the balancing and the charging? I have some experience with model airplane brushless out runner motors and Lipo batteries. all I know is that it has to be done right. Sounds like I might have more...

Thanks all, for the good input. I got the batteries yesterday and hooked them up. I think they are going to work out very well for my short, flat road trips. The bike feels a lot better with 15 lbs rather than 25.5. In the future I'll dig further into this site and see about building my own...

Thanks Dak644, Everything I've read agrees with your experience. After my 58 dollar run I'll have to consider a LifePo pack if my budget is there for that. right now, I'm having a bunch of fun per dollar. I had a great experience with Patrick at sdelectricbicycles.

Well, Jeez, you could of at least said "Welcome." Lead may be dead in your calculator, but mine ran something like this: Cheapest decent Lifepo4 from a reputable seller was $230.00 for a 36V, 12 AH at 8.5 lbs. Dead lead was $58.00 for a 36V, 8 AH at 15 lbs. delivered. So Not needing the extra 4...

New to the sport/hobby. Been gathering great info from this site and just signed on. Just got my bike tuned, tested, and running. went to sdelectricbikes.com and got a Wilderness Energy BL 36 kit form Patrick. Great to deal with all around. Put it on my daughter's old bike. A 24 " tire...