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Converting a carp barrow (74 posts / 25,492 views)
Hitman Hitman
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Post #61 1 May 2024 18:44
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In reply to Post #58
Top man Gerry

Like the others have said I've already got a 12v charger so will buy 2 12v battery's and wire them up in series and far easier to charge them up.
Hitman Hitman
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Post #62 1 May 2024 18:45
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In reply to Post #59
Be interested in your idea Pete when you get round to doing it 👍
oldgeezer oldgeezer
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Mr Linky Poo
Mr Linky Poo Post #63 1 May 2024 20:51
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Phil not teaching you to suck eggs mate but be careful !!!
when you order the wheel from my link MAKE SURE you select the right size as I think it defaults to the 36v one so you need to alter if if it does
BRENTS BRENTS
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Post #64 17 May 2024 16:54
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I was toying with the idea of converting myself or buying one of the kits. In the end I just sold my triporter and bought an extreme.

Seems there was a massive wait for kits.

Cheers Brent
Hitman Hitman
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Post #66 17 May 2024 18:58
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Got my kit yesterday from Ali
It's perfect and everything is marked up (cables) so pretty bullet proof 👍

Thanks again for the link Gerry
vossy1 vossy1
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Post #67 17 May 2024 20:05
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Let us know how you get on H, very interested
firebladerrw
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Post #68 18 May 2024 09:41
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I got a powered Wheel ķit ordered from Amazon for wheel barrows. It arrived in 2 days. Cost 235. 3 forward speeds and reverse. Thumb throttle. 350 watt 24v.

I fittd it to carp porter. Biggest prob is the wheel fork. I did a little cutting and welding and got that sorted. The only other issue is fitting connectors. There are 8 wires going to/from wheel. 3 are automotive sort of grade (not very aware of wire gauges) so bought waterproof automotive connectors. 5 other wire are very thin and for these I used 5 pin led lighting connectors. These come pre-wired with approx 150mm of cable attached so easy to fit. Futher connectors fitted at handles. I bought the triporter conversion kit. The handle bar on this is square and the controls for the barrow are designed for round handles. I removed the handgrips from the conversion kit, slid out the square bar and replaced it with a bit of 22mm copper pipe I had kicking around and put the grips back on.

I've used it twice and it has been excellent. Put the wheel on the wrong way round once. Not a good idea so now clearly marked.

If I was to do it again the only thing I would change is the to retain standard barrow method, ie lift at the back, no wheels. I may get a twist throttle and fit it to old handles so that I can swap as required.

Edit. Forgot to mention controller, original connections etc are housed in a waterproof electrical connection box bolted to frame.
The powering aspect cost me less than 300 quid + battery, and took about 5 hours to sort. If you get the wheel from Alibaba as per Gerry (they seem identical) then you're looking at 200 pound quids. I went with A.....n purely on delivery.

If you can get the wheel mounting/ fork sorted then it's a viable option imo.

Cheers.





oldgeezer oldgeezer
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Mr Linky Poo
Mr Linky Poo Post #69 18 May 2024 09:44
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In reply to Post #68
well done thanks for a good helpful post
clicky clicky
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Post #70 20 May 2024 08:00
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They are the exact same battery's I've just bought after the ones that came with my nash barrow packed up. The difference in weight is certainly noticeable,my question is gerry how do I know how long to charge them without wrecking them. I'm crap with anything electrical etc and these seem they need looking after.
clicky clicky
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Post #71 20 May 2024 08:00
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They are the exact same battery's I've just bought after the ones that came with my nash barrow packed up. The difference in weight is certainly noticeable,my question is gerry how do I know how long to charge them without wrecking them. I'm crap with anything electrical etc and these seem they need looking after.
carpstar40 carpstar40
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Post #72 20 May 2024 09:40
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There is a group on FB called - Carp Fishing Barrow Conversions & Conversion Insights for anyone who does FB.

There seems to me there are plenty in that group buying conversion kits from all different sites and half of them are asking about issues they've had or encountering that anyone else might of had when installing theirs, I would imagine if your not very savvy with the electric units and wiring etc its probably best to wait and go through one of the sellers already supplying the kits, some of the posts made me think they sound more trouble than its worth given the cost saving or people are buying some right ***** and trying to cobble it together, it seems a lot of it is not working correctly from the start or it's probably beyond their understanding and they're ballsing it up.

For the barrow parts they need converting or a conversion for ie:- fork or throttle adapters seem a lad called Jamie Sutcliffe is the one to get in contact with in the group.
116lee
Posts: 198
Post #73 25 May 2025 16:07
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In reply to Post #34
I'm after changing my Nash power barrow batteries to Lithium. Does anyone know of any deals? I'm after 2x 12v batteries and a charger. TIA.
Karlos Karlos
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Post #74 25 May 2025 22:02
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This thread should help you mate...
LINKY POO™ https://www.carpforum.co.uk/Shared/Messages.asp?TopicID=441752
116lee
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Post #75 26 May 2025 08:55
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Thanks Karlos👍
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