TheCodz
New member
Good afternoon to everyone from a rather overcast and chilly South west Scotland . . . . . . .I'm new here and also pretty inexperienced in how forums work so I hope I get off to a decent start.
My wife is the owner of a Pendleton Somerby ebike which we purchased in around April 2021 for her birthday. It has had very little use in this time having covered I'd guess less than 300 miles in total. the bike is stored in our garage and the battery is kept off the bike. Its charged every 3 month maximum as per the guidelines. I should add I have minimal knowledge of electronics as will become clearer..... sadly . . . . .
Today I went to the garage and I plugged the charger in to the battery resulting in a solid green light on the charger as it has done each of the last three or so charges........This should indicate the battery is fully charged I believe. Bearing in mind the bike has not been used in over a year I was suspicious of the charger / battery . . . .To check I disconnected the battery from the charger and using a multimeter checked for voltage. A reading of 40.4 volts was indicated. This is where I rather foolishly did something which I believe may have caused a big problem (anyone wanting to laugh at me and hurl any abuse please feel free to do so as I've got involved with something I don't properly understand and deserve whatever responses I get !)
I had a theory . . . . . . . . . .which I think was a very bad one . . . . . If the battery is attached to the charger and I then take another voltage reading . . . . .if the charger IS working collectly this should result in a slight increase in the voltage. I have tired this previously on my van battery although I understand there is a world of difference between a lithium and lead acid battery . . . .That much I do know.
The result, of what I think may be best described as pure stupidity was for the LED on the charger to go from a continuous Green to a continuous Red . . . . . . .
I've therefore come to the following conclusions.
1) I'm an idiot
2) The battery probably was fully charged and there were no problems.
3) I've destroyed a perfectly good battery and / or charger.
Both myself and my wife are retired and if a new battery is required we are looking at circa £300 which is a hell of a lot of money for anyone let alone us . . . . . .
I would be extremely grateful if anyone is able to make any suggestions whatsoever of the best course of action? Maybe all isn't lost or maybe the battery is repairable. I guess it won't be but I just have no idea.
Anyway, as I said , any help or advice would be greatly appreciated and hopefully get me back into my wife's good books where I most certainly am not right now.
Many thanks
Stu
My wife is the owner of a Pendleton Somerby ebike which we purchased in around April 2021 for her birthday. It has had very little use in this time having covered I'd guess less than 300 miles in total. the bike is stored in our garage and the battery is kept off the bike. Its charged every 3 month maximum as per the guidelines. I should add I have minimal knowledge of electronics as will become clearer..... sadly . . . . .
Today I went to the garage and I plugged the charger in to the battery resulting in a solid green light on the charger as it has done each of the last three or so charges........This should indicate the battery is fully charged I believe. Bearing in mind the bike has not been used in over a year I was suspicious of the charger / battery . . . .To check I disconnected the battery from the charger and using a multimeter checked for voltage. A reading of 40.4 volts was indicated. This is where I rather foolishly did something which I believe may have caused a big problem (anyone wanting to laugh at me and hurl any abuse please feel free to do so as I've got involved with something I don't properly understand and deserve whatever responses I get !)
I had a theory . . . . . . . . . .which I think was a very bad one . . . . . If the battery is attached to the charger and I then take another voltage reading . . . . .if the charger IS working collectly this should result in a slight increase in the voltage. I have tired this previously on my van battery although I understand there is a world of difference between a lithium and lead acid battery . . . .That much I do know.
The result, of what I think may be best described as pure stupidity was for the LED on the charger to go from a continuous Green to a continuous Red . . . . . . .
I've therefore come to the following conclusions.
1) I'm an idiot
2) The battery probably was fully charged and there were no problems.
3) I've destroyed a perfectly good battery and / or charger.
Both myself and my wife are retired and if a new battery is required we are looking at circa £300 which is a hell of a lot of money for anyone let alone us . . . . . .
I would be extremely grateful if anyone is able to make any suggestions whatsoever of the best course of action? Maybe all isn't lost or maybe the battery is repairable. I guess it won't be but I just have no idea.
Anyway, as I said , any help or advice would be greatly appreciated and hopefully get me back into my wife's good books where I most certainly am not right now.
Many thanks
Stu
