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Offline Lazyrider

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Battery upgrade
« on: October 30, 2013, 12:42:15 PM »
I'm looking for a bigger battery for my 48v dual MPIII, but am a but confused as to what to buy.

Some of the 48v LiFePO4 batteries I have looked at have an actual charge cutoff voltage of 56-62v(will this cook the internal controller?)

Some are advertised with BMS powering 1000w bikes, other 3000w etc- does this mean anything or will any 48v be good enough?

Is this the sort I need

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/FREE-SHIPPING-Lithium-Rack-Battery-48V-20A-with-charger-Increase-the-height-of-the-battery-box/1180522715.html


Offline jvr

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Re: Battery upgrade
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2013, 04:33:09 PM »
Every 48V LiFePO4 battery has about 56 V, if it is fully loaded.
MPIII with internal controller has Vmax of 60 V (look up the specs in the datasheet),
so this is ok.

I am not shure if the LiFePO4 battery really can deliver more than 2 x 20A = 40 A of power!

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Re: Battery upgrade
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2013, 10:12:39 AM »
Thanks for the reply.
The second battery pack that I linked has a nominal/typical voltage of 51.2 and a charge cut off voltage of 61.4.

Does this mean when it is fully loaded it will be at 61.4 volts- which could/will blow my internal controllers?


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Re: Battery upgrade
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2013, 03:15:23 PM »
Ended up buying a 20ah one with the same connectors as GM use so I can swap them over(or should I wire them in parallel?).
I also got a battery carrier rack designed for multiple battery's that I am going to modify to fit the giant ucan-2.0 fully suspended frame.