Charger question

[howdyloudly]

Hi, I recently got interested in electric bikes. Then I found an electric bike at a local pawn shop. It's a "taotao". I'm pretty sure it's a Chinese piece of crap. It was very cheap because it didn't have the charger.

What kind of charger do I need to buy?

The battery says it is a 36v battery with a port that looks like it takes a 3 pin xlr plug.

It is a 11ah battery. Does the amps of the charger matter?

Thank you

 

[wesnewell]

http://www.taotao.us/
There's several types of "36V" batteries. Would need to know the type you have to be sure. If it's just 3 12V sla batteries in series like most older electric scooters came with then you can get a cheap charger like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/36-V-Volt-battery-Charger-for-Electric-Scooter-ATV-V-BC04-/160292065155
If it's some form of lithium battery pack with a bms it becomes a little more complicated.

 

[d8veh]

If you weigh the battery, I can give you a pretty good guess at what type it is. I suppose there's a feint chance that it fould be Nimhs, which would complicate things. Does it have a label on it to give a clue whether it's lithium?

 

[howdyloudly]

It has a crossed out trash can on the lable. Underneath it says Pb and Li polymer.

It also has 2 strings of numbers and letters under the barcode.

AE36V10AH360Wh829-83

DF25P0100346

Im gonna try to find a pic of the battery online

 

[howdyloudly]

It liooks like all of the 36 v 11-10ah lifepo4 batteries with bms on alibaba