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Offline Hednztrüm

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extra battery
« on: February 12, 2011, 12:44:59 PM »
hi yall!

Thinkin of buying extra battery.

What difference between a GM48v12ah, GM36v16ah and a PING48v15ah?
Which of them gives the most range? Which would you choose?

Cheers from a total battery noob

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Re: extra battery
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 12:55:37 PM »
15Ah is more than 12Ah, the 36v 16ah has the same amount of cells as the 48v 12ah. but the 15ah ping has more W/h

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Re: extra battery
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2011, 01:03:01 PM »
ok so the ping would be my choice? But I like GMs factory battpacks, are the pingbattery well protected from moist and so on or do I have to customize it somehow?

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Re: extra battery
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2011, 02:39:52 PM »
GM packs are well protected and now have sealed charge connector and even heatshrink on the balance lead.

The case is really convenient, plus it has a switch already inbuilt and is portable as you can remove it from your bike to charge inside easily or when temperatures are at extremes.

I don't personally use Ping batteries, but I have heard nothing bad about them. They are not a super high power battery anway.

From what I've seen the pack is protected by tape and possibly cardboard... So I assume you would need to waterproof it and work out a way to mount it (in a bag etc.) and worry about charging leads and connections to your ebike...

Personal choice, but I would go with the 48v12Ah..

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Re: extra battery
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2011, 03:37:33 PM »
GM packs are well protected and now have sealed charge connector and even heatshrink on the balance lead.

The case is really convenient, plus it has a switch already inbuilt and is portable as you can remove it from your bike to charge inside easily or when temperatures are at extremes.

I don't personally use Ping batteries, but I have heard nothing bad about them. They are not a super high power battery anway.

From what I've seen the pack is protected by tape and possibly cardboard... So I assume you would need to waterproof it and work out a way to mount it (in a bag etc.) and worry about charging leads and connections to your ebike...

Personal choice, but I would go with the 48v12Ah..

Cheers

Agreed