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New battery is here, and the bike is done. Thanks again everyone!

Returns are always free here, it's EU law. I bought it off ebay.de from a Chinese seller, but the kit shipped from Poland, so they have to abide by EU regulations. They've already offered to do so. It's not the cost of the return that's an issue, it's the liability for shipping Class-9 materials...

In the meanwhile, the on/off switch on the battery stopped working. Now it's powering everything all the time, no matter which position the switch is in, whereas before it used to shut everything down. So it's no longer just a shitty battery pack, it's a shitty battery pack with a defective...

Thanks a lot for your help, everyone! I ordered the battery, and I'll post an update once I get a resolution on the return of the old one.

@JES2020 Unfortunately @indianajo has a point about the shipping regulations. I checked now, and for example with the Austrian Post you're not allowed to ship batteries that exceed 100Wh. They even give E-Bike batteries as an example of what you're not allowed to ship. If my math is correct...

The voltage is the same. The product page says it can provide a "maximum continuous discharge current" of 25A. On the controller it says "current-limiting" 18±1A, so I guess it means it can draw a maximum of 19A? So that means the battery can take it, right? Yep, definitely. I have a big ABC...

Hey everyone, I'm a pretty decent home mechanic, but very new to the e-bike world. I bought a conversion kit off eBay recently without really doing my homework beforehand. The battery pack it came with doesn't inspire any confidence now that I've read more about them, so I'd like to return it...