JustAroundTown
100 µW
Ok, I just bought this bike and it ran great the first time (38 miles). I bought it from a person and when I went to the company that supposedly built the bike they appear to be closed for business. I'm comfortable with mechanical and electrical devices. Now first a disclosure! Just before I rode the bike the second time I tried to charge the bike with my solar inverter. So I plugged the charger that came with the bike into the battery/inverter to see if it would charge so that I could take that with me for a back up! Now it appeared to charge and since the battery was very close to fully charged I only left it connected to the inverter for about 5 minutes. So directly after this I took the bike out for a ride. I was about 6 miles out and everything was working fine! I made a u-turn to go back and change where I was heading and just as I'm turning around the bike went dead! Originally I believed that something just disconnected between the controls on the handle bars and the main controller. When I checked the connections, I found nothing wrong. I wasn't getting power to anything. So I pedaled it home. Now when I check the battery it has a display that lights up to show the amount of charge. It shows fully charged, however, when I pull the battery out, switch it on and test the output I'm getting nothing?
So do I have a dead battery or is there something more that I can test to move forward. If it's a bad battery, can I away with putting a bigger battery on it? Currently it's a 48v @ 25a. I was thinking of bumping that up?
Thanks for taking the time to read through all of this. Please don't hesitate to tell me I shouldn't have used the inverter if you believe it contributed to the down fall! I originally believed that the fact that I was isolated due to using the charger that came with the bike that I would not damage the battery.
Again thanks in advance!!
JustAroundTown
So do I have a dead battery or is there something more that I can test to move forward. If it's a bad battery, can I away with putting a bigger battery on it? Currently it's a 48v @ 25a. I was thinking of bumping that up?
Thanks for taking the time to read through all of this. Please don't hesitate to tell me I shouldn't have used the inverter if you believe it contributed to the down fall! I originally believed that the fact that I was isolated due to using the charger that came with the bike that I would not damage the battery.
Again thanks in advance!!
JustAroundTown