He later fessed up that his casual batter-itude (Trademark JimBo) caused premature and substantial reduction of his battery's capacity. The bike only has maybe 1200 miles on it! (He really needs to ride more.) I noticed he was lagging, and when I asked if he was feelin' alright, he said he had to stay in Eco mode because he didn't think his battery would make the whole loop otherwise. OK, but to me, it is.Ī few weeks ago, we did a familiar, extended trail loop together with some serious climbs. He said the trade-off of constantly having to be mindful of his battery's state wasn't worth it. I remember asking him if he wanted to get several years of useful life from his battery, or maybe just a few. How he can go that long, I can't fathom, but I digress.
#IZIP BIKE BATTERY DEAD AFTER SHORT TRIP FULL#
His attitude toward battery charging has been to leave it full after every ride, even though he sometimes goes a few weeks or more between rides. If you need a full pack it can be fully charged in a not too much timeĪ riding buddy bought my 2015 Haibike FS RX in 2017 (2016 pic below). If you go for a ride and don't need a full pack you are good to go Or you can under charge your cells to 4.1V and get reduced capacity and more lifespan /cyclesĪs already mentioned a good strategy can be to charge your cell to 80% and store them at that You can over charge lithium cells to 4.25V or 4.3V and get more capacity but lower lifespan (cycles) The trade off with our Lithium Cells capacity potential is with the charge voltage The temperature it is subjected to while it is left fully charged will also have a bearing So charging a pack fully and leaving it for a long period can have a negative effect on cell lifespan and performance This effect is magnified at higher temperaturesĪs SEI layer increases in thickness the cell Internal resistance increases thus reducing capacity and increasing the cell temperatures at higher currents, the total pack degradation over time will increase The higher the cell voltage the more the SEI layer will build up over time Manufacturers choose to store the cells at around 3.65V RUN, DON'T WALK YOUR KMC CHAIN TO THE GARBAGE CAN! Use quality lube like Maxima chain wax for motorcycles. Follow me for other great advice like throw your chain gauge away. It will not allow full charging or full discharge on the remaining cells. If one cell drops voltage the tcm can't turn it off. It's important to remember that an ebike battery is not one battery. The earlier ebike batteries were not that good. Run it hard, you'll soon know if you got a bad one and warranty will replace it. No sense in "saving" it by pussy footing around.
Of course dead on a Spesh is not really dead. I carry a spare battery and always ride the first one dead.
I always charge right after a ride whether it's middle of summer or dead if winter. If your on a Spesh, ride'm hard, ride'm till there dead. I don't pay any attention to charging mumbo jumbo. Its original generic battery is a brick now, while my 2015 iZip Sumo's battery - with higher quality cells - still has ~90% of its original capacity remaining.Īddendum: all my bike's batteries have always been stored in my basement, away from extreme temps. Much worse, however, is leaving a battery at a low state of charge (especially cheap/generic batteries), which I learned the hard way with my first ebike, a 2015 Sondors. To me, that says that leaving the battery at full charge for more than a day might reduce its capacity, but only by a small amount. After nearly 60 full charge cycles on its battery, it remains at 100% original capacity, according to the eTube report. Then I got my Commencal, with the same Shimano system and battery, in early 2019, and have never left its battery at a full charge for longer than a day. I ride several times a week year-round, but because I have multiple ebikes, the Motobecane's battery would sometimes sit at 100% for a week or more. With that bike, I charged to 100% more or less after every ride (per the guys at EMBN), until I learned that lithium ion batteries are stressed at full charge. I sold it in 2019 after about 60 "full" charge cycles, with 97% of its battery's original capacity left. I had a 2017 Motobecane eMTB w/Shimano e8000 system, and the eTube report told me the battery's remaining capacity.
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