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mistercrash
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09.13.2012, 08:58 PM

You won't go very far with a 200+ pound scooter with only 15Ah. And if you have let's say 60Ah current draw on starts and going up hills then you're putting 4C on that 15Ah battery. I get spikes of almost 80Ah on my 225 pound scooter with me (245) sitting on it. Go with lots of amps for good torque and lots of voltage for good speed which will give you lots of Wh for good range. Go big or go home But what do I know, I'm still a newb at this stuff. But it's fun.
You can run those SLAs for a while, I did for a full year before I learned enough to tackle making my own battery.

Man I am smiling now looking at that AC looking breaker with the tiny 12 gauge wires, like the breaker I have on my scooter. They look exactly the same. Except mine has 6 gauge welding wire going in it
I will soon change that breaker for a more suitable fuse and an emergency contactor. I read that these AC breakers will not trip fast enough and the DC current will arc inside and melt the whole thing rendering them useless as a safety feature.


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