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    help- have I broken my battery?

    oh dear, I'm getting nowhere. The bike I have is an X6-LS model. there is power from everywhere, though I'm not sure what figures I should be getting on my meter, including power to the front wheel I think. There is nothing obviously melted or blown when I look at the circuit board. I'm at a loss :(
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    help- have I broken my battery?

    thanks very much Mike, I have just ordered one via that link :)
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    help- have I broken my battery?

    thanks everyone for your suggestions. I am going to try and track down a tester and take it from there. There has been no smoke or anything so I'm still hoping that just a fuse has blown. It does seem a design flaw if it is that easy to plug it into the wrong socket and the whole lot blows. I...
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    help- have I broken my battery?

    I certainly was panicking when I hit the big hill this morning and realised I didn't have my wings lol. I have double, triple checked all connections but can't see what the problem is....
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    help- have I broken my battery?

    Yes, Brighton to Scotland would require lots of charging stops! hmmh, I don't have a multimeter but I may be able to borrow one. The plug normally goes straight into the battery and this then connects into the controlling unit. Does that make sense?
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    help- have I broken my battery?

    Hi Kirstin, thanks for the reply. I'm at the other end of the UK, on the east coast of Scotland :) here are a couple of pics, I can't see a model number anywhere, probably hidden underneath somewhere.... basically I think she plugged it in to the left hand side of the power unit rather than the...
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    help- have I broken my battery?

    Hi, I'm new to electric bikes, having purchased a second hand Powabyke 5-6 weeks ago (about 2 years old). I love the bike and have been using it every day to get me up a big hill to work :) Trouble is, my daughter 'helpfully' charged it up for me last night and I think she plugged the charging...