BC_Islander

I just got my Sport and now this... (not buying lottery tickets!)

I've called everyone I can find and NO ONE will touch LiPo packs. Grrrr

Unfortunately Jimmy (owner? founder?) is very sick with cancer and looks like they will be winding down operations.

This is good to hear! France says they can fix the battery but can they do it without shipping it to them? Doubtful. The remote debug option would be great if I could get someone technical on a zoom call. I have considered having a shop rebuild the battery with 18650 cells but $$$$! Good to hear that if I get really stuck one can VERY CAREFULLY with full PPE (yes I am a retired structural fire fighter) remove and replace one pouch! Now I just need to figure out which one is giving me the grief. Seems like a good application for a fuel cell. https://www.designboom.com/technology/mit-open-source-hydrogen-electric-motorcycle-fuel-cell-ces-2024-01-12-2024/ https://www.kedglobal.com/hydrogen-economy/newsView/ked202303310001

Thank you. Can you suggest steps to test charger? Battery has rs-232 port so maybe can voltage/amperage be monitored during charging I wonder? I have a fluke dc clamp meter if that helps...

Hi @konrad thanks for your excellent resources in regard to the Epure line of bikes. I am the owner of a 2017 sport recently purchased. My battery does the exact same thing, flashes last bar (nine I believe) on the indicator and then when you shut everything down, shut everything off and then turn it back on. It'll show a full charge reading on the indicator I had no issues with this strange behavior as the previous owner had mentioned it to me. However. i'm now having the BMS kicking out after 15 seconds no matter what the state of charge. Likely according to epure France, because the one of the cells is reading too low in relation to the others and the BMS is shutting it down to protect the overall battery pack. The problem I'm having, is that with Lipo batteries no one will work on them. Before I take the pack out and try and figure out how to send a lithium hazardous material device all the way back to France. Is there anything I could do locally with a multimeter alligator clips and a lightbulb or something to test whether or not it's a bad cell or bad contractor or bad bms or is there a way to renovate that bad cell?