Frog Battery- 36v..anyone??

[PatM]

After my debacle with the exploding LIFEPO4 battery, I’ve come a cropper again- I ordered one from China, I fancied the convenience of being to unplug it- as my son has the same arrangement and the one I ordered had BMS fitted. Anyway, its arrived defective- I’ll have the usual nonsense of fighting with the guy who sold it to me as its literally 'rattling' inside and I’d be prosecuted if I attempted to post it with our Laws over here 9anyone else had that grief and won their case?

Anyway- can anyone sell me a 36v 9a Frog battery that works?

For the avoidance of any other Forum member falling foul of the same seller- and trust me, the packaging was non-existent- and I had to pay the Import duty, to boot.

36V10Ah ebike ebicycle scooter Frog Lithium Battery and Charger | eBay

 

[banbury frank]

Hi PatM

Link for Kudos
.: Kudos Cycles - e-bikes with style :.

Itis Lipo$ so may need a difernt charger Check your charger voltage

.: Kudos Cycles - e-bikes with style :.



Hope they have stock

Frank

 

[john h]

a number of bad reviews on his site, HOLIDAY RC 28 DEFINETLY on to avoid

 

[Deleted member 4366]

For the cost of return postage (about £6 each way), I'll fix it for you.

 

[aaannndddyyy]

After my debacle with the exploding LIFEPO4 battery,

Again you need to get your facts right.
LIfePO4 is misleading as the battery is not lifepo4 it is a LI-po total different type, Lifepo4 don't explode.

 

[KirstinS]

If you paid by paypal then that might be an option for getting money back

Personally I'd jump at d8vehs kind offer !!

 

[PatM]

Frank, Ive covered that- its his charger that was supplied with the battery! some of the cells are dead- no voltage whatsoever..At least its fitted with a BMS, albeit with tape and bubble wrap as an insulator- oh, and a lump of 0.5mm cardboard...

 

[PatM]

d8veh- can you PM your details? patrickjmorgan@btinternet.com- Thanks

 

[banbury frank]

Hi What I SAID IS IF YOU BUY A KUDOS BATTERY PURCHASE THE KUDOS CHARGER TO GO WITH IT

FRANK

 

[averhamdave]

Now now, don't start shouting Frank

 

[Deleted member 4366]

d8veh- can you PM your details? patrickjmorgan@btinternet.com- Thanks

I sent it to you by Email

 

[banbury frank]

Hi I shouted becouse it is VERY important you have the right charger to avoid a FIRE for £27 i think this is important Kudos have sold many thousand bikes with no problem with batterys catching fire





Frank

 

[PatM]

After a week of checking and re-wiring- I have repaired the damaged frog battery that arrived broken from China. It is ridiculous that goods can be traded like this- there were breaks in tabs between cells and shorts on BMS wiring- the whole thing looked a complete mess. Given Id suffered a fire in September due to a battery- you can imagine my reluctance to 'fix' even though Im a lift engineer and used to working on things. What was so damming was the piece of a paper magazine that was used as an insulator between the two banks of cells- the maker even left the staples in the magazine- quite shocking to have a metal staple bouncing around the battery compartment! Ive inserted plastic card and glued it- the BMS was taped together- with bubble-wrap- which is ok, except that there was little or no insulation to stop it moving about and shorting out on the exposed cells.

 

[PatM]

The good news on this is that I was awarded a FULL REFUND and kept the battery and post. I furnished Ebay with the evidence that it is a breach of Regulation to ship a battery unprotected and a further Breach if on receipt, you try and return it! Its all laid out very clearly in the IAM Document, which Im sure made unpleasant reading in China when pointed out to the seller...

 

[peerjay56]

The good news on this is that I was awarded a FULL REFUND and kept the battery and post. I furnished Ebay with the evidence that it is a breach of Regulation to ship a battery unprotected and a further Breach if on receipt, you try and return it! Its all laid out very clearly in the IAM Document, which Im sure made unpleasant reading in China when pointed out to the seller...

Don't many retailers on Alibaba and the like offer full refund without return of damaged item (once satisfied damage/fault is genuine) for that reason?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

That's a really poorly made battery. I've opened several frog batteries, which were all assembled much more neatly than that. I thought that that sort of thing was in the past now.