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They're contacting powunity but I thought I'd check here as I was sure others had done it. Also, do you have to have the light on all of the time? It says you have to set your light to 'continuous light ' mode and I know that's where it draws power but does the light always have to be on? Just seems a bit shit to have your lights blaring all the time.
@MCamb I've got 2 kids under 2 and zero time, I looked at buying and fitting one myself but would just rather have someone sort it.
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continuous light mode
If it draws power from the light cable then yes you will need to have your lights on to supply power to it.
The bosch motor version either piggy backs on the power for the head unit or has a dedicated port.
Having your lights on all the time is not that big deal with an ebike. Draws very little power.
MCamb
backpedal?
PowUnity fits in either the Bullitts fine, older gen e6000 size frame extremely easily, E8000 easily and E6100/EP8 generation frames (has the Gates belt drive cut out) fairly easily. Cable management is not really tight in those, but a bit fiddly, you need a bit of tape or an extra pair of hands to make sure all cables go in the right place and don't get trapped.
Had a Brose motor powered 'Trio' bike the other day, the shell for that is very tight, a PowUnity would have fitted (the cylinder shaped unit) but customer brought a brand i've not heard of before that was a rectangular chip with a lipo cell strapped to the top of it (size of an Iphone 4), wouldn't fit anywhere 'inside' anything. So ended up making a space for it inside its cargo box that had most degree's of visibility to the sky and powered from front light circuit. Seemed to work, though supplied connectors were utter garbage.