This can be used to measure voltage / amperage levels in the system, and can also provide a “capacity guage” to know charge level. I wanted a way to disconnect all the electrical systems, especially with curious children who might play with the bike when it’s parked in the garage. This is the first item connected to the battery. Should there be any electrical failures, short-circuits, or current overruns, we want the system to shutoff for protection. The 48v system has a few necessary pieces that need to be integrated All the wires are pretty nasty looking at the moment, I I used my bench-top power supply to verify that all the 12V components I also opted to purchase a new horn for the bike, since the existing Headlight on, and one that’s wired into the brake switch thatĪctivates when the brake lever is squeezed. The tail light has two LEDs: One that turns on when I turn the main Red cover over it, otherwise your light ends up looking more pink than A word of warning: Use red tail bulbs, even if your light has a The headlight uses the same style light, but in white instead of The locking tabs on the sides of the bulbs didn’t go in perfectly atįirst, but with a little bit of plastic reshaping, I was able to make Replacement 1157 sized LED bulbs that matched the dimensions! The diameters of the light bulb sockets, and found some modern, 12v I took apart the stock headlight and brake lights on my Maxi, measured Maxi, the wiring for the conversion is quite straight forward. Compared to the sometimes strange wiring scheme of a stock In contrast to the 6v AC electrical system that’s present on a stock Making parts easier to source, and components easier to find. Is 12v DC, and so I decided to go with that. The common voltage standard on most motorcycle and automotive systems I’d probably need to have a different voltage system to power the Since I selected a motor and controller that operates at 48v, I knew The necessary detail work that’s required to get the thing moving. Getting a lot of the frame put back together, I’ve come down to a lot of

That’s the current mode that my Puch Maxi electric They say that 80% of the work comes in the last 20% of a Maxi Moped from fuel combustion, to electric powered. This is a blog post in a series on converting a 1978 Puch

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