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An update on the E-kad: After 8 months of operation, the E-kad has been trouble free. A single battery charge has been lasting all day with the 48V 16Ahr battery bank being recharged overnight. After over 200 recharges, the SLA batteries are only now starting to slightly loose their capacity...

About a month ago, Erwin started charging P2 (USD0.04) extra per person. He says that his passenger numbers have stayed about the same and that they accept paying more for an e-kad. Financially this project is looking good. A new set of SLA batteries will cost about P6k (USD115).

Yes, the whole sidecar was replaced. The old sidecar was about 10yo, badly rusted through in places and starting to break up.

Erwin's next modification is to fit a USB charger for his passengers to use. We have ordered a 48V USB charger from China (P320 including delivery).

Some photos if the eKad now:

Erwin says his eKad is now perfect. He: Replaced the 6 chain sprockets on the rear hub with a single chain sproket (reducing the hub width), fitted a 160mm disk brake to the front wheel, fitted a band brake to the rear wheel, fitted a 48V LED headlight, and fitted a 48V horn. With his...

Cyborg, I did a similar conversion a few months ago to what you are thinking of doing. https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/48v-x-1000w-conversion-kit-on-mtb-in-philippines.25341/ My budget limited me to using SLA batteries (4 x 12V 16Ahr). Maximum speed was not that important to me...

I recently returned for a 2-week business trip to Israel. What impressed me while there was the number of e-bikes. Tel Aviv is rather flat country (except for Jaffa, the old city) and bicycle transport is very popular. I would say about half of the bicycles that I saw being ridden there were...

Erwin's E-kad has now been operational for a month without any problems. It is used daily for about 8 to 10 hours. Erwin reports that using the E-kad has increased his income by between PHP100 and PHP150 (about USD2.30) per day. That is about a 25% increase over his pre-E-kad day. His...

I am based in Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island. There are over 5,000 trisikad on the island and many more throughout the Philippines. Unfortunately not may trisikad owners can afford the conversion to an E-kad. They do well to earn USD9 per day and with that have to support their family. What...

Now for some photos of the converted trisikad: Left Rear Wheel with Hub Motor Batteries and Control Box (seat removed for clarity) Right Rear Wheel with Disc Bake (Yes, a new tyre will be fitted soon) Handlebar with Thumb Throttle, Brake Levers and Headlight Overall View The hub motor...

IT WORKS! Over the past few months, I converted my 26" mountain bike (MTB) into a rear drive ebike using the kit describer earlier in this thread. After getting everything working on the MTB, I measured the motor's static torque and found it to be 104Nm. This was determined by measuring the...

Thank you for the info. Just what I need. I have found that I can import it from China for USD6 including delivery to Cebu, so I have ordered one. Should be delivered within a week or two.

What are the recommended ways of getting 12V from a 48V system? My bike has 4 x 12V 16Ahr SLA batteries wired in series on a 48V system. I would like to wire in a 12V outlet that will draw about 2A. I know that I could just connect to one of the 12V batteries for my 12V outlet, however that...

Trying to use the steel frame MTB was not going to be easy. 1. The gear-shift\brake controls where combined units that was going to make it extremely difficult to utilise the brake controls that came with the kit (and included motor cut-out switches. 2. The rear wheel dropouts, although made...

I NOW HAVE THAT EBIKE GRIN! Sorry for this late post but I was overseas working for the past few weeks. I returned home early this week and got the time to put my ebike conversion together. Now I have that grin! I have been riding motorcycles for the past 40 years and push (peddle) bikes on...

Location and budget?

Alex M, thank you for your observations. That is what I needed to know. Sorry about the confusion in using exo/endothermic. I was educated in UK English where those terms relate to any process (chemical or otherwise) that gives out or absorbs heat respectively. Obviously US English is...

Indianajo, there is no such thing as a "garbage day" or charity shops in the Philippines like you have in developed countries. There are a few second-hand MTB's locally available (I found 15) but the cheapest was for sale at the same price as I could buy my new steel frame bike (including...

Thank you all for your input. The reason I was asking was to assist me in the design of the battery box for my ebike conversion project.This box will be made of 6mm thick plywood (a reasonably good heat insulator) and will sit on the bike's rear carry rack. I was pretty sure that charging was...