The batteries dont. Starting with a warm up battery and protecting it from chilling air in winter will give a much greater range.
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I always keep my battery indoors. In spite of this I noticed a marked drop in range last winter - especially in colder weather.
It is also especially bad to charge a battery in cold weather - so always best to do it inddors if possible.
It is also especially bad to charge a battery in cold weather - so always best to do it inddors if possible.
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carpiste
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
I keep my battery indoors so thankfully I`m not going to have to get the sewing kit out again to make it a little duvet blanket 
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You have a ebike bought in UK which can’t be used in the rain?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Incut the side outnif a freezer bag and carefully wrapped and taped it around the display. Doesn't look too bad/obvious.Further to the last task with the prospect of further, heavy rain forecasts I realised I don`t have a waterproof cover for the trip display. I`m sure they will be waterproof, to a point, but if so why would they try to sell covers for them? Expensive ones too! Silicon covers are around £10 so again not hugely expensive but I do hate to buy things when I can utilise some old rubbish to do the job....
This is what I came up with:
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A plastic water bottle, cut along one side and a length of double sided velcro glued to the neck. It covers the display and allows me to change the assist level easily
Sadly a susrprising numner of models from all manufacturers have components that don't like the British weather.You have a ebike bought in UK which can’t be used in the rain?
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carpiste
Guru
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- Manchester
It can be used in rain but, as you point out, this is the UK so it can get more than a little wet so, my idea is just to add a little bit more protection. Raleigh do say it can be used in the rain but I`ve seen what our weather can do to a bike. Rust is unforgiving and will attack regardless of how good your paintwork is, how often you clean, grease and oil your machine. Electronics are likewise easily destroyed if not looked after. I`m just trying to look after mine and, hopefully, adding some extra time to its lifespan.You have a ebike bought in UK which can’t be used in the rain?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Last winter I found the best way of drying the bike before putting it away was with the leaf blower - worked pretty well
For some reason my wife's Dyson Hair dryer wasn't on the list of potential solutions to the problem!
For some reason my wife's Dyson Hair dryer wasn't on the list of potential solutions to the problem!
Sweet! Another bottle or two and you've got see-through handlebar protectors to keep the chill off the hands. Might need quite big bottles to avoid catching the levers though.A plastic water bottle, cut along one side and a length of double sided velcro glued to the neck. It covers the display and allows me to change the assist level easily
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carpiste
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Great - that'll stop my head getting wet when the rain gets through the holes in my helmet!!
any body sized bottles for a 60+ ebiker????
Air flow, not heat is by far the best way to dry something. Combine the two and now you're cooking, air blown ovens
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
but my bike won;t fit in the fan ovenAir flow, not heat is by far the best way to dry something. Combine the two and now you're cooking, air blown ovens
Easier said than done.
Darn sight easier than extracting hydrogen. A quick mental back calc of charge rate. 2 or 3 Amps per hour and charge left in battery.
