What to plug in first when charging the battery

[Deleted member 33385]

OK, understood. I'd just assumed they were all pretty much the same.

The type I have is from the Wuxi Ddpower Electronics Co Ltd, and is a Li-on Battery Charger, model DPLC084V42Y.

Input: AC100V-240V~1.8A47-63Hz Output: 42V ----- 2.0A

• Motor: 250W High TQ Aikema Rear Hub
• Battery: 7Ah (280Wh) 10.4Ah (375Wh) Samsung Internal

Thanks for replying.

Consider asking Amazon users by posting a public question and also asking the seller directly:

https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Charger-Lithium-Electric-Bicycle/dp/B07589PZCP

amazon.co.uk users can use amazon.com. Here is the seller - remember to use the "ASIN B07589PZCP" item number as a reference:

https://www.amazon.com/sp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=&isAmazonFulfilled=1&isCBA=&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&orderID=&protocol=current&seller=A3ESQQVTU2AGX5&sshmPath=

You could always give these people a ring:

https://ebikeling.com/products/36v-ebike-li-ion-battery-charger

They sell that charger too, my manual was in the charger box, they might have a copy kicking around somewhere sans box... or perhaps there's a loney indentured boffin, waiting to feel momentarily useful before plunging again into perpetual and terminal despair. And if there is no joy there, maybe try these people, who also sell them:

https://www.lumag-gb.co.uk/shop/e-citybike-cb-27-5-1/

Sellers here can be quite chatty sometimes, and knowledgeable:

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000723039005.html

 

[passionate off roader]

For most Chinese batteries, you should put the charger leads all together, plug in, switch on, then connect to the bike.

I would guess that all vikes that use comms in the charger, like Bosch, Suntour, Yamaha, Shimano, Brose etc., you would switch on the charger after connecting to the battery.

Some batteries won't charge unless the battery switch is in the on position. For those, switching on the battery would be the last step, though it would make no difference if you switched on the battery before plugging in the charger as long as the charger was switched on.

Thanks, I'll follow that advice.

 

[Michael Price]

My wife's bike is a Carrera - the instruction say you should charge it with the on/off switch set to ON - but it seems to charge fine if you forget
I assume - based on little evidence - that having the switch ON enables the BMS to balance the cells or something