Smh...
Difficult to get rid of paint cans here....
Here they need to be dried out.
It does? The new one is $450.00 and the rebuilt would be somewhere under $250.00. So you save $200.00 or more and end up with a battery built with LG and Samsung parts instead of another Chinese battery with problems. To me, the choice is obvious. I've had ebikers tell me good things about this company. They do good work.
I don't know what shipping would be back to me or what the repair costs are
I had people in my bike group tell me they do good work, so, like anything else it's a gamble. Good part is they give a 1 year warranty on the work and the reviews are mostly good. Let us know what you find out.
Did you solder the wire back onto the switch and tape up the scuffed up wire? Seems like that would get you a spare battery,
You can ride above 90°as that is well within specifications... just don't park it in the sun when making stops. Airflow will keep it cool enough while moving.
You can ride in 90+ temps if you want, but it heats up the cells and shortens the life of the battery. Lithium bike batteries run the best and last longer if kept between 60 and 80 F. That's their happy zone.
So folks that live in areas where temps commonly exceed 80f should park their bikes when it gets that warm?
I guess you can be that cautious if you want but just about all major brand cells are rated with a discharge operating temperature above 125°f and typically closer to 140°... so 90° is more than safe and with negligible negative impact.
I never said it would blow it up, it just won't run as well or last as long running it every day in 90+ weather. I run mine on those hot days too somtimes but try to not be out there any more than needed just to get it home. I personally don't like riding for hours when it goes over 90 anyway so it works good for me. It's just a fact that Lithium bike batteries operate best and live longer if ridden in temps from 60-90. That's spending hours riding not small 20 minute trips to the store. I just try to keep my bike battery cool and happy. It's 1000w. of some great fun and I'm not looking to rebuild or replace the battery too soon. Had my first one die on me and peddling a 70lb. bike home, uphill, sucks.
I think it safe to say we all want to keep out batteries as happy as possible, but there are limits. The key is to learn and abide by a list of battery "best practices", ones designed to keep a battery functioning as long as possible. This includes the occasional "you gotta do what you gotta do".
This sounds a little like fear mongering. Maybe not the way you intended it, but certainly the way I understood it. I would think the bigger thing to keep in mind on 90f days, would be to keep it out of the sun. Don't park the bike where the sun is going to be beating on it all day while you are at work. You should throw a paper over it or something, doing whatever you can to keep it out of direct sunlight. That done, go ahead and ride it home, without fear you're abusing it in any way....
Not "fear mongering". Just passing along truthful battery info. Take it or not. I wish these expensive components were built tougher and lasted longer, and someday, real soon, they will be. Battery technology is moving fast. But for now the 60/90 rule is the best option for making them run at 100% and last as long as possible. Just trying to avoid a $500.00 replacement every 2 years. I would think that covered up with a small insulted blanket under a hot sun would be ok on those scorching days. Maybe use a sun reflector like on a car dash only smaller. And short rides home no problem. I'm talking about riding for hours in high 90+ heat being a problem.
