Hi all
I have recently just got a new pod to replace my knackered one because my old one was not showing motor load or battery level and as a result of it not showing battery level I killed a battery at this years brooklands vintage cycle event :'(. on the bright side my new pod shows both motor and battery level 100% perfectly so I wont kill anymore batteries
I Would like to know what other people here have experienced when driving their C5s in cold weather. This evening I attempted to go out for a quick spin however I noticed it didn't have much 'oomph' and about 5 minutes away from where I live (c5 5 minutes not car minutes) it just started to slow down and the battery level indicator started declining to the point where it started bleeping at me, so I turned around and went home.
The battery had been left for about 2 weeks fully charged in a conservatory (I think this is what caused it to run out so soon as we have had cold nights where I live) but I was wondering what people have experienced in cold weather?
You do get quite a drop in battery performance when the frost is on the ground. We held a Crawley run once in January (Ray will probably remember it !) and the batteries were giving about half the range we were used to in the summer months.
I'm experiencing the same Peckishere - still there's nothing like an ice cold blast of air to wake you up on the way to work eh?
Would a battery cosy give better range do you think? I'll ask my mum to get the knitting needles out!
A battery cover should be acid resistant, fire retardent, breathable, thermally insulating.
Do you make them Coverman?
Quote from: coverman on 06, December, 2011 - 10:12:38
A battery cover should be acid resistant, fire retardent, breathable, thermally insulating.
Could you reccomend a material for this application?
It would be a tough call to find a fabric with all those qualities.
I've also noticed a drop in range recently. On a nice warm-ish day I could get 13-14 miles out of mine and that's with the motor on pretty much constantly. Now, in the cold, I seem to be getting around 6-7 miles out of it.
Quote from: kamilb1998 on 12, December, 2011 - 21:35:27
I've also noticed a drop in range recently. On a nice warm-ish day I could get 13-14 miles out of mine and that's with the motor on pretty much constantly. Now, in the cold, I seem to be getting around 6-7 miles out of it.
..that seems to fit in with what we've previously experienced ;)