Powacycle Charger Problem

[Del 80]

AHA....The plot thickens, removed battery housing, and looked at wires to ''male'' part of plug.......red wire solder broken, wire held on by just small rubber sleeve, obviously causing it to make intermittent contact,......too fiddly for me, so job for a guy at work on monday......are'nt E-bikes marvellous ?......Del.

 

[Old_Dave]

Well done for finding that Dell, finding the problem can sometimes be the harder than the fix


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[Del 80]

Me again, If a battery is fully charged, and you put it on charge again, will it go thruogh the whole cycle again ? or will it automatically cut out ?.........Del.

 

[flecc]

It will automatically cut out, it will never attempt to overcharge. The battery's own BMS ensures this.

 

[Del 80]

Thanks flecc, 10 minutes after I posted it went green......just wanted to make sure......Del.

 

[hannibal]

Sorry, just catching up with this thread.

When my Powacycle battery failed, the charger also did not work (no lights came on). I assumed (correctly, as it turned out) that the battery was the problem - not the charger. And a quick fuse change in the battery fixed it.

So - just to underline what has been said before: with this kind of problem, check the battery first.

 

[Del 80]

Thanks hannibal, all fixed now, thanks to Bob at JuicyBike, I checked the battery and it is O.K. new charger now in use, the connections were very poor between charger and battery, and must have blown something in charger............Del.

 

[Del 80]

Just an add on to this thread, do chargers just ''die'' or do they gradually give up? I ask because since using new charger, battery seems to be performing much better, done about 20 miles since last charge, and still have 3 red lights on top of battery, this has never been known before, it usually goes down to 2 red lights very quickly, this leads me to assume that old charger was ''quietly fading away''........Del.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Just an add on to this thread, do chargers just ''die'' or do they gradually give up? I ask bacause since using new charger, battery seems to be performing much better, done about 20 miles since last charge, and still have 3 red lights on top of battery, this has never been known before, it usually goes down to 2 red lights very quickly, this leads me to assume that old charger was ''quietly fading away''........Del.

Chargers don't normally slowly die. They either work properly or not at all. Most likely, you dodgy connection broke contact when it was warm so you battery wasn't getting fully charged. Glad it's working properly now.

As a general rule, you should re-charge every time you use the bike, not wait for the battery to go empty. Not only will you get more power, but it's also better for the long life of the battery.

 

[muckymits]

Just an add on to this thread, do chargers just ''die'' or do they gradually give up? I ask because since using new charger, battery seems to be performing much better, done about 20 miles since last charge, and still have 3 red lights on top of battery, this has never been known before, it usually goes down to 2 red lights very quickly, this leads me to assume that old charger was ''quietly fading away''........Del.

Mebe as I have one here thats only giving 20 volts out, it has yet to be dissected.

 

[Synthman]

Mebe as I have one here thats only giving 20 volts out, it has yet to be dissected.

I've had 3 chargers fail. The first one became reluctant to charge, the green light would come on way too soon and the voltage increased to around 45 instead of 42. It then died completely. Second one just died a couple of minutes after being plugged into battery. Third one switched off too soon one day, and died the next day. I think the output read only 3v, and the positive and negative kept switching around!

 

[muckymits]

. Third one switched off too soon one day, and died the next day. I think the output read only 3v, and the positive and negative kept switching around!

Was it a Powacycle? as Ive said before 'possessed, work of the devil'.

 

[Del 80]

Hello to all, Well just over a year since this thread was started.......and charger has failed.....it is dead....have checked fuse in plug, it is o.k......anything else I can do ?......or does it mean another new charger ?...........Del.

 

[steve nicol]

hello there, i have a silly question! ive looked and cant find answer. what light am i waiting to go green? is it the one of the power pack or of the battery its self?

 

[Del 80]

Steve, It is the green light on the CHARGER.......when it turns green the charger should cut out.........Del.