Hi all,
I just wanted to post an update on my BMS Battery Lithium-Ion battery problem..I thought it was dead but lo and behold, d8veh managed to solve the problem and fix it last week! I got it back this morning and it's working fine.. so I'm looking forward to a test ride later after work!! My physiotherapist has recommend I ease back into cycling after knee surgery as the exercise will do it good (since I can't swim!), so having power again will make that much easier as my gears are screwed and highly geared!
I will post an update later and some pics, as I don't think I've posted any pics yet of my new eMezzo conversion now its (almost) completed.. just needs gears fixing, brake-cut sensor adding, and speedict). But I'm just happy to have a ride just around the block a few times on it again after MANY months, while there's still some warm weather.
A big thank you to d8veh for being so generous with his time. Not only did he fix the battery for me, but he even resealed it up again and did an amazing job! He even refused to pay any payment for his time!! I'll send him a token of my appreciation if I can find something suitable
Anyway for those interested, it seems the problem was related to the battery sitting idle for a long time between charges and the voltage had dropped to below a certain level on one or two cells which cause the BMS circuit to "shut off" which required a reset. Surprisingly there is no button or switch to do that and d8veh had to unsolder and re-solder a wire between the BMS and the cells to reset the BMS chip. Built-in obsolescence or just poor design from China?! D8veh comment, we wondered how many batteries in this situation (which are perfectly good with years life in them) end up being tossed away into landfill.. good question!
Paul
I just wanted to post an update on my BMS Battery Lithium-Ion battery problem..I thought it was dead but lo and behold, d8veh managed to solve the problem and fix it last week! I got it back this morning and it's working fine.. so I'm looking forward to a test ride later after work!! My physiotherapist has recommend I ease back into cycling after knee surgery as the exercise will do it good (since I can't swim!), so having power again will make that much easier as my gears are screwed and highly geared!
I will post an update later and some pics, as I don't think I've posted any pics yet of my new eMezzo conversion now its (almost) completed.. just needs gears fixing, brake-cut sensor adding, and speedict). But I'm just happy to have a ride just around the block a few times on it again after MANY months, while there's still some warm weather.
A big thank you to d8veh for being so generous with his time. Not only did he fix the battery for me, but he even resealed it up again and did an amazing job! He even refused to pay any payment for his time!! I'll send him a token of my appreciation if I can find something suitable
Anyway for those interested, it seems the problem was related to the battery sitting idle for a long time between charges and the voltage had dropped to below a certain level on one or two cells which cause the BMS circuit to "shut off" which required a reset. Surprisingly there is no button or switch to do that and d8veh had to unsolder and re-solder a wire between the BMS and the cells to reset the BMS chip. Built-in obsolescence or just poor design from China?! D8veh comment, we wondered how many batteries in this situation (which are perfectly good with years life in them) end up being tossed away into landfill.. good question!
Paul
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