Cyclomania
10 kW
So I have been using this 48volt 18ah battery for quite some time now. But it has not shown any signs of diminishing amp hours or anything like that. Not anything that I have noticed.
But today the bike just stopped all of a sudden. And the battery was showing like 5 max 10% charge. I had to walk it home from there.
Well at home I tried to charge it. And I know the charger is not the problem because I have charged other batteries with it today.
I have tried both the regular hole for charging and going trough the xt60-connector as well, with one of those adapters to see if the hole could be the problem. But when trying to charge it through both of those ports the outcome is the same. The charger is showing the green light, for fully charged battery. I have no idea why. Because when I test it with a multimeter it is charged only up to about 40 volts right now. And this is a 48-volt battery.
Also, when having the charger connected to a wall and the battery connected to the bike, the bike will start. Because it seems the charger can then run current into the bike via the wall.
Any idea what has happened here? The cells just went caput and on strike one day and decided to not be charged anymore? Or am I missing something?
If the battery life is going down I thought it would be a more gradual decay? For example maybe one day it would only charge up to 80% or so? But not like this to just not charge anymore one day. Not above 5-10% at least it seems. At 40 volts the charger is showing the green light for fully charged when connected to this battery.
Maybe I rode the battery too close to being completely emptied one day or something? Anyoe has an idea?
But today the bike just stopped all of a sudden. And the battery was showing like 5 max 10% charge. I had to walk it home from there.
Well at home I tried to charge it. And I know the charger is not the problem because I have charged other batteries with it today.
I have tried both the regular hole for charging and going trough the xt60-connector as well, with one of those adapters to see if the hole could be the problem. But when trying to charge it through both of those ports the outcome is the same. The charger is showing the green light, for fully charged battery. I have no idea why. Because when I test it with a multimeter it is charged only up to about 40 volts right now. And this is a 48-volt battery.
Also, when having the charger connected to a wall and the battery connected to the bike, the bike will start. Because it seems the charger can then run current into the bike via the wall.
Any idea what has happened here? The cells just went caput and on strike one day and decided to not be charged anymore? Or am I missing something?
If the battery life is going down I thought it would be a more gradual decay? For example maybe one day it would only charge up to 80% or so? But not like this to just not charge anymore one day. Not above 5-10% at least it seems. At 40 volts the charger is showing the green light for fully charged when connected to this battery.
Maybe I rode the battery too close to being completely emptied one day or something? Anyoe has an idea?