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Why would you say this when I've already shown in the OP of this thread that I know that's dangerous I'm just an enthusiastic new person, I find this stuff really interesting and fun The whole reason I'm here is because I want to learn I don't know if I feel comfortable asking for help anymore

Thanks that makes sense

Thanks that makes sense I think What about when I connect a controller to my battery but I haven't connected the hub motor yet? What is considered the load, and why doesn't the controller explode like a short circuit? Thx

Right ok. How come when I make a circuit with my controller it doesn't short circuit? What's the difference between a regular complete circuit and a short circuit? Is it that there must be some outlet for the energy to go into, i.e. a hub motor? Thx

Hiya, just a really small little easy question ☺️ I was just wondering how come connecting the pos and neg terminals of a battery with just a random wire will cause it to explode, but when I connect a multimeter it doesn't explode? Even though I my head I am seeing it as the same thing...

Nice one thanks, yeah I've already seen it working and tested when I bought it, the right port is the negative

Oh yeah I see! There are 2 holes either side of the charging port terminals, I didn't even realize those were the discharge ports 🤣 Does that mean there is a standard connector type I can get that will fit this? Is it that IEC AC one? On the male one linked in your above post, it looks like it...

Found out a little more: This is a moped battery! From the erider model 20. I didn't realize when I bought it off facebook, I just seen 48v 16ah battery and I got it for £80 and was like, good deal that 🤣 I was thinking about mounting it on my bicycle's rear pannier What do you think would be...

Nice one thanks for your reply! The one you linked looks quite similar to my one yeah. Here's a pic of the charging plug My particular battery only has the one port I believe, like it uses the same one for both charging and discharging For this battery, maybe I could solder some solid wire...

Hi guys So I've been sitting and mulling this over for a couple weeks. I've realised that my query is 2-parted: firstly, how to connect this particular battery to my controller, and second, the topic of what to do if you are an ebike mechanic, and you encounter in the field an oddball battery...

Hi would anyone be able to help me identify what type of connector this is, so I can order more of them as I quite like them and they're on a few things I want to connect to. They look like they're for quite thick wire and it looks like some type of JST to me but I don't recognise it I am...

Hi! I would like to know if there is a convenient standardised way to connect to the pos and neg terminals of any battery regardless of the connector type. For example, say you come out to a client to wire up their ebike. Say the battery has a connection type that you've never seen before, but...