PROGRESS: Clairmont Schwinn cruiser bike received, as well as two Vpower 48V 15Ah packs w/chargers. Wife has decided to hang with an existing Schwinn Midtown full suspension comfort bike (in VGC.)
The cruiser is really jazzy. It was delivered three days after online ordering (as were the batteries!), and went together easily. The only problem is that the rear tube won't hold air--which of course I can give a flip about, since I am going to swap it out.
I unscrewed the lid on the batteries and peeked. Oppenheimer called the first a-bomb at Trinity NM the "Scotch Tape bomb" because they used so much tape trying the get the heavy wedges to hang together in a sphere. Here I have two Duct Tape bombs, with the battery controller taped on the side of course. I get no sense of what is under the tape, flat packs, cylinders, or what. The tape is just box shaped. They are well-fitted with some padding into cream-colored hard plastic cases with black laminate exteriors, and with metal inserts for screws. They arrived extremely well packed, double boxed, and with two inches of closed cell foam all around.
I connected the chargers, and they both charged for 5 minutes and dropped into green-light standby. I left the chargers connected over night. The house didn't burn down. Then I got my handy Triplett analog meter, and found 52V on each battery, and 55V output on each charger, so everything is equally healthy or equally sick. I didn't think to drop my range to 60v, and on the 300v range my readings are about +/- 0.5V.
The canvas bags are oversized (likely one-size-fits-all to 25Ah) and seem quite stout to me. The extra room is perfect for padding. I wish I had better theft protection than four Velcro straps, gotta think about that.
Shipping tracker says hub wheels will arrive this week, and then the rubber meets the road. If you live anywhere near Dayton, OH, expect hard rain for the next two weeks (new telescope tradition.)
Chas
