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May I suggest that if you can order in the Far East, exactly the right cable and length, what have you got to lose by extending the shorter cable carefully and correctly, till the far eastern version finally arrives? Soldering all joints, plent of shrink wrap over all the joints, and it can...

Of course there can be problems with any motor type, but don't forget, an average bike DIYer can repair or replace a problematic hub motor, even replacing the whole wheel and motor is fairly easy. But for example, Bosch will not even sell a private person motor spare parts, or even a motor. You...

We will see what happens. The reason that many batteries fail is because the have not been actively maintained for a long time. Long can be a month, 3 months, or even longer. Its often an expensive mistake. Best wishes for a good outcome! Andy

Firstly, if you are not a DIYer with a lot of "know-how" in this area, you should not try to do it yourself. There is so much energy in a battery of this type, if it catches fire, they are as good as impossible to put out, unless you have a handy pond in the garden to throw it into. Where it...

I agree with you completely. Also, having the knowledge and initiative to do at least all the small jobs on an e-bike, is cheap, repairs can even be made on a Sunday, and you know its done right. regards Andy

Assuming that you get a new or re-celled battery soon, please do not simply "ignore" it when not using the bike. These Li-ion batteries do need some very simple (I will call it) "maintenance", to keep them working over long periods. Others here have mentioned, and I fully agree with them, that...

Very true. But your apparent "Cavalier" attitude (IMHO), to the relatively poisonous dangers of Li-ion batteries, was a real surprise to me personally, as I had previously taken you to be someone with more thought for the environment, and what we all leave behind us for our children and their...

As a form of a test, I spoke of a hill, a steep hill, one that any bike will actually speed up on simply due to the forces of gravity. With or without motor assistance. Then if when the 25KMH speed is reached, a normal e-bike will continue to speed up, but not as fast as when the motor was...

Thats putting it a bit too mildly I feel.....But your choice of course. I myself find that a 92 Mile round trip in a car to transport the said bike, combined with probably burning petrol or diesel (guessing only, maybe he has an electric car!), is worse than being really annoying for any biker...

Good for you! Sadly, I expect the new bike is also possibly Bosch.....hopefully not! Andy

Several Photos, model of bike, are the minimum to start with....You will probably need a reasonable bike tool kit as well. We do not know if you have a hub or a mid motor e-bike, yet! OK? Andy

I would hazard a guess that you have no pets and children if that is your decision.... Am I close to the truth?;)

I may be misinterpreting what you are saying, but when an e-bike motor cuts out at 25 KMH, as the law requires, naturally to keep going you need more muscle "input". But it should not slow down the bike at all, so do test it on a good downhill run (as someone else also suggested), and keep an...

You may want to think that through a bit more, though the reusage for flashlights is a truly excellent idea, that I fully agree with, and I possess several such flashlights! Though I have up to now, had to buy the cells separately (new), as in spite of around 10 years with two e- bikes and 3...

I assume that you mean he was wearing phones and listening to music. IMHO thats the wrost "roadcraft" that you can get!

Myself, I would be more concerned with how the water got there in the first place..... At Halfords you can buy grease for lead acid battery terminals, which may help, I used to use Vaseline or white lithium grease , it certainly did no harm on LA, but probably there is something better around...

Hardly, apparently the smoke and gases released are quite dangerous if inhaled! All the party goers may need medical help! (Maybe even before the fire got going, who could tell?) :) ;) :) ;) :) ;) regards Andy

Or:- The Afterlife of a Lithium Battery Lithium End of Life Paths There are three paths a lithium battery can take: It either goes in the trash, is repurposed, or recycled...

I do not see that as a problem, Admin is not stupid, your post should clear that up!! Thanks Andy

Wait up, test it a bit more, sadly, I could not guess what has happened, except that now it sounds as though the MOSFETs are apparently OK, as I have never heard of one repairing itself before! Maybe a connector is making bad contact somewhere, or damp got into the electronics, and it has now...