E Moped Battery

[iansterling]

I have an E moped, got it second hand off facebook and i'm really pleased with it. I now need a new battery for it and none of my stores will touch it. It is a 48 volt 20 Ah lion battery and on ebay & amazon are around 300-500 quid. But for the same or equivalent from China they are only 50-60. Anyone tried one of these ?? and do you think it would be worth a go ??

[alavahalf]

£300 -500 sounds a bit over the top. What is causing these high prices, is the growing popularity of e bikes which use the same 48v 20amh configuration.
Have you considered re-building your battery pack with new cells. It would cost nowhere near the cost of replacing the whole pack. I used to build battery packs using new cells and shrink tube, these were for model race cars, it wasn't that difficult, but I was using only 4 or 6 cells.
Just had a look on eBay and found these batteries. Reading the description, it seems that this UK based business, builds there own battery packs to exactly the spec that you require .. might be worth contacting them to save yourself a small fortune ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rechargeable-Battery-Lii-50A-26650-5000mAh-Li-ion-3-7v-Powerful-Torch-Ebike-UK-/124206844896?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292