Hi,
Ive ordered a Super Soco TSX, with 2 batteries included. Ive also requested the lithium connector.
The dealer, however, insists on placing a 60v26ah next to the already out of the box 60v30ah.
Im no expert, but I thought it would be best to place the same batteries. But I cant explain to them why. Can placing two different batteries do any harm? Will this have impact on the bikes performance? Or will it have no noticeable effect at all?
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Hoping to hear from you guys soon.
Because we can use 1 battery at a time (officially), your 26Ah battery will exhaust itself sooner than the 30Ah. if they are somehow arranged in parallel, then you definitely want 2 identical battery packs, but this is not the scenario.
Did you know that there are 3rd party battery packs that cost hundreds less than the Soco brand?
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@cubeyterra can you direct me to where to buy extra batteries for less than súper soco prices? I need a bunch and factory stock is too darn expensive!
Like @chubeyterra said, if they're arranged in parallel then both packs should have identical capacity (especially if the charge discharge are a common port, haven't received my TC yet so I don't know if this is the case).
If they're connected via one of those switcha-things then you should be fine.
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@cubeyterra have you already tried them? How do they fare? I saw the same one from "ELECTRICMOTORCYCLE Store" but wasn't sure if they were any good. Have you tested the voltage/capacity to see what they really are? How did you connect yours? Are you running it in parallel to your original batter or a different way?
@howlerin I've been using one for a few months now. Its performance is comparable to a Soco battery — I can't detect a difference in voltage or capacity.
The ELECTRICMOTORCYCLE Store battery also has the same flaw as the Soco batteries: the Soco battery terminal that can melt down if you run the bike in 3rd with a heavy load on the motor. This can be mitigated by adding another connector to the battery and the bike, which relieves some of heavy current through the Soco connector. I chose Anderson connectors for this.
I'm not running two batteries in parallel at the moment because I haven't worked out which BMS shuts down the battery for that.
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@cubeyterra link please.
Can you share more details like: price, how long was the shpping, did you pay taxes (customs, VAT), what cells are inside (are they genuine LG/Samsung/Sanyo) as original, or cheap Cinese cells?
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Sorry for asking so much, I've been tempted few times until now, but I was too afraid because I could buy a creap for still a lot of money.
@alexaraducristian Price is on the listing: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000776208388.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.48b84c4dNn0DUc
Shipping time was about 4 weeks I think. It has to be shipped Ground.
I had to pay a small customs broker fee.
I have not seen the cells in this one as it is shrink wrapped in vinyl inside the steel case.Â
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Thanks for the reply! Can you share a link to the battery from ELECTRICMOTORCYCLE Store? And possibly the connectors as well? I can't seem to find either one right now.
@howlerin This is the page for all batteries. You must pick the correct one yourself as well as the connector type.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000776208388.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.48b84c4dNn0DUc
