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Originally Posted by tomwed
Hello, Does anyone know how I can get in touch with The Villages e-bike club? Does anyone know where I can get an e-bike battery rebuilt locally?
thank-you in advance
ps I'll leave you with a joke.
"I've really had it with my dog," says a guy to his neighbor. "He'll chase anyone on a bicycle."
"Hmmm, that is a problem," said the neighbor. "What are you thinking of doing about it?"
"Guess the only answer is to take away his bike!"
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Re: battery rebuild
Applies to all with rechargeable equipment. Your battery is a series of cells, batteries, to get up to the required voltage. The cells are strapped together and the straps are tack welded to the cells. What happens is one cell is always weaker than the rest. The stronger cells will reverse the -polarity in the weaker cell and destroy it. You can connect the battery to a higher voltage charger and sometimes get it working. At best it is very temporary. You need to replace all the cells. Doing one is like changing one bulb in a multi bulb light fixture. You pull out your ladder climb up and replace one bulb and next week another will blow.
Replacing the cells is easy, if the case is designed to be opened. It might be glued shut as opposed to having screws that are removable. In any case, it is usually less costly to buy a new battery with a new case. The case is just a box and of little value. Knock off batteries? They are made to be cheaper. The cells there are different quality and priced cells. Is it worth it?
A problem for all rechargeable equipment in Florida. If, you leave it in your garage the temperature regularly gets over 100 degrees. That is tough on all batteries. Your stand by losses goes way up. You forget to charge it and find that you have killed the battery.
Lithium Ion batteries. You will get far more recharge cycles if you do not run them way down before recharging.