PowaCycle Salisbury LPX alternative battery

[grandpalemon]

Hello. I've had a PowaCycle Salisbury LPX for a few years now but the battery died years ago and since i've just left it in the shed. I now want to bring it back out and get on it again but i'm not willing to fork out the £250 for the battery. I have done quite abit of researching on the internet this evening but nothing has fulfilled my confidence in which battery to go for. I have a couple of sealed led acid 12v 7ah batteries. Could i bridge a couple together to get me going. What confuses me is the micro chips etc in standard battery casing. Will i need to take the loom and wire to my new batteries or simply plug the neg and pos led batteries to my bike and off i go? Any help to get me going again on the cheap would be great. Thanks.

 

[d8veh]

You can get a battery direct from China for about £180. You just need one with the same connector on the bottom. If you're not sure, show a photo of the bottom and measure the width and thickness.
You should be ably to ose two SLAs like you suggested. Assuming two pins on the bike, you can get some large spade connectors to go on the pins and wire them two the two SLAs in series. Just make sure you get the + and - the right way round, or there'll be a lot of smoke from your controller. You could also put a 20A fuse in the line for protection.

 

[grandpalemon]

Great news. Thanks. I'll try the batteries I have as the whole point of me starting to use the bike again is to save money on using the car to and from work. I'll look into the batteries from China though if the lead acid ones prove not to be up to the job. Thanks again

 

[grandpalemon]

Well I bridged the batteries and still no go. Any ideas? I just bridged the batteries together and clipped the onto the plus and neg of the bike.

 

[Punx0r]

I think you might need some photos to illustrate what you are trying to describe and do.

If it's using your two 12V batteries on a 24V bike, then yes, running them in series will work.

 

[grandpalemon]

Ok thanks. That's what I done and it hasn't worked. I remember that when I charged my original battery and put it on the bike the motor would struggle a lot which made me think the battery is finished with. Battery was about 2 years old and used everyday for approx 20 miles. I put the 2 12v batteries on and nothing at all is happening.

 

[d8veh]

Ok thanks. That's what I done and it hasn't worked. I remember that when I charged my original battery and put it on the bike the motor would struggle a lot which made me think the battery is finished with. Battery was about 2 years old and used everyday for approx 20 miles. I put the 2 12v batteries on and nothing at all is happening.

You need to check at the controller with a voltmeter whether the battery voltage is reaching it. Photos always help.