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I am on Salt Spring Island, which is in between Victoria and Vancouver in Southern BC, and every winter I start worrying about whether my lithium battery is warm enough to charge without risking damage. I could bring the battery in, but it is a Juiced Cargo bike and it's a nuisance unscrewing 4...

I did tell the battery repair guy that the indicator lights seem glitchy... not the battery after he fixed it, as I originally thought. :oops: As long as it isn't a fire hazard and the indicator lights only go down to one for a few seconds every few miles, I am not sure it matters... esp. now I...

Thanks for the advice! I do have a battery replacement emergency fund.... As I rely on my bike for transportation, having an unusable bike is not an option... The repair guy who is familiar with this bike and battery thought it probably has a couple more years left in it, and it was worth...

It looks like the problem probably isn't the battery, which does seem to be fixed and in good condition, but a glitch in the battery indicator lights. The repair guy says he replaced the BMS, fully charged the battery, and then discharged the battery to test it's capacity, and then charged it to...

I really hope I didn't damage the battery by discharging it that low... It was only down to one light for a couple seconds before I turned it off.. If the pack was out of balance, wouldn't the guy who repaired it see this imbalance when he tested the balance? He told me he did that before...

When I had my old ebike, I replaced the battery with a Ping battery and learned how to use a multi meter on that battery. It was really helpful. But the authorized ebike repair guy who charged me to repair it, and said it was fixed, has a multimeter and knows how to open the battery pack and...

Hey folks, I am having a problem charging my battery and really need some help figuring out what could be wrong. I have a Brand name electric bike with a lithium ion 48 volt, 15 amp hour battery that I bought new just over 3 years ago. I live in a rural area, and don’t go out much, but I rely...

Thanks st35326. I think the Phylion batteries were discontinued years ago, but the batteries used by the company that makes Juiced bikes sound like they are top of the line and based on the best and newest technologies.... At least as far as ready made systems go. And as far as I know they are...

I have a question I would appreciate some input on. I am considering purchasing a new Juiced U500 V3 Cargo bike. This is the battery pack it comes with. https://www.juicedbikes.com/products/juiced-bikes-u500-u350-v3-battery-pack I purchased my first cheap no brand made in China ebike in 2008...

Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge e-beach. It's appreciated! When the battery was finished charging today the multimeter said it was at 42.4 volts. Hopefully that is within the normal range for a year old battery. I am starting to like the multimeter. As I use it and have not...

OK, now I am doing a happy dance.... As my battery didn't look like it was overcharging, I decided to plug it back into the charger and see if it would complete it's charge cycle in the amount of time I know it normally takes. All the BMS lights came on within the first minute, which seems...

Well I did get brave enough to check my batteries voltage again with the multimeter... It is now 41.2, so if each cell should be at 3.7 to 3.8 it seems like all the BMS lights came on and stayed on a long time before it was fully charged. Meaning it was probably not overcharging. But I am...

:shock: Yes I got a multimeter. Before I got the new charger, and charged the pack with it, the battery pack had a voltage of 39.5 volts But for now, I just want to know, on a Ping battery, how long before the battery pack is finished charging, do all the BMS lights usually come on?

Zip, I appreciate you being willing to help me figure this out, but my technical skills are really limited. And I am scared of anything to do with poking into electricity. Which probably isn't a bad thing as I barely have a clue what I am doing. If I have to, I will learn, but waiting to poke...

Thanks for the offer of help fixing the old charger e-beach, but that sounds like it may be a project to do with my son, when he visits, as he has a lot better technical skills than his aging Mom... :mrgreen: So, I got the new charger from Ping today. Without being asked he was kind enough...