I'm not sure if I posted this to the EVDL already, but I bought a Ryobi
40 volt lawn mower and used (shared actually) the battery for my
electric bicycle.
Here is the write-up and pictures on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/killacycle/posts/683153211721270
Chopped off the battery holder from a 40 volt string trimmer (eBay ~$30)
attached it with sheet metal screws to the eBike. Connected two wires
from the battery holder to the eBike, and that was it. Runs better than
the original. Definitely more pep. Less range per battery, but mower
comes with two batteries, so the total range is about the same, perhaps
a bit more. About ten miles per battery. More than enough for our use as
a pit bike.
In addition to the BMS, the Ryobi 40 volt battery has a 4 led
state-of-charge display built into it, and there is a similar SOC led
bar display on the eBike handlebar, so there really is no excuse for
running out of juice. Just swap the empty for the full one in the charger.
Bill D.
On 7/26/2014 2:50 PM, Steve Clunn via EV wrote:
I have the Ryobi Electric Leaf Blower and bought it along with a weed
wacker, hedge trimmer and chainsaw that all use the same battery .
To turn this around keep it on topic I was thinking when purchasing
them that their 44V Lithium battery could be used for an electric
bicycle. With all these tools that I got I have two batteries to work
with. I wrote the company telling them what a great thing they had
done because 1. the tools works really good and 2. this was a great
opportunity for someone to come up with a lot of different things that
could run off of these batteries. A portable battery charger for
cars, a charger for a cell phones , a light , as a 120 AC inverter ,
electric bicycle Electric Boat with trolling motor the list went on I
told them if they would send me a little attachment so I could attach
things to their battery like the battery charge plug or weed wacker
handle so I could plug in to the battery and get power easily to make
these things work I would work on this for them. They were not
interested , I will make my own when I get some time. The electric
bike is my new dream.
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Steve & Audrey
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