![]() ![]() ![]() Oregon Beaches: Fort Bragg, Crescent City, and Lincoln City. Lake Tahoe, Hawaii ( Oahu and Maui ) California Beaches: San Diego, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, San Jose, San Francisco, Mendocino, Point Reyes National Sea Shore, Carmel and Monterey. Me? Well, I like them all! I’ve had the good fortune to dip my toes in the sand of a slew of shorelines over the years. Or, maybe you prefer an overcast day or two mixed in with your sunshine having your cake and eat it too. White sand, warm, sparkling turquoise blue water, snorkeling and cocktails at sunset is the only way to go. For some, nothing but an escape to a tropical paradise will do. Just the sound of the word BEACH conjures up a passel of images doesn’t it? After all, going to the beach means different things to different people depending on the kind of beach farmgirl you are. If it runs 10-30 seconds, likely it's still working on it.Nothing makes me happier than to hang up my GONE TO THE BEACH SIGN and head for the cottage! If it drops some overnight, but plugging in the charger has it run only 2 seconds then turn off, then it's very very close to balanced. How do you know? If your pack takes a full charge, and then keeps almost all of it overnight, it got balanced. If your pack is severely unbalanced, it could take many repetitions of this to get completely full. If your charger is not one that will restart, then you need to let the pack sit awhile, bms working, then plug back in again later to start another cycle. Bms discharging the high cells while the charger light is green, and a charger that will restart later, to continue charging up the undercharged cells. It will not balance a partially charged pack.Ĭompletely balancing, will require two things. The bms finds the overcharged cell, and lowers it's voltage. Nothing happens, if you have partially charged. Yes, the bms will discharge any too high charged cell when the charger is not plugged in. But if you have enough to make it home with lots to spare, why bother? If you need it, for sure grab a short shot of power when you can. A few days later when I do go out, it will only take a short time to fully charge again if I need to. 1 mile ride at full throttle doesn't take long. But a short ride will bring the voltage down enough to store overnight with less damage. ![]() I sometimes charge intending to ride, then don't. Ideally, don't leave it laying around fully charged for days. If you fully charge to 42v for example, you could tell by the voltmeter when you are at 40v, and unplug then. Not real accurate, but it will tell me when I'm within a volt or two of finished ok. I often use a cheap (3bucks) led voltmeter to know if I'm closer to half charged, or full charged. How do you know when to stop if you want a partial charge? Get a voltmeter. For a bike ridden daily, I'd say do a complete charge once a week, like let it charge overnight. Hard to say how often, or how long it should take. Keeping them out in the heat at full charge for an extended time.ĭo charge completely often enough to let the bms completely balance the pack from time to time. Leaving them hooked up to the bike for an extended time so they drain down too far. charge it to full every few times anyway so that it can balance. The bike is there to serve you, and if you need to buy it a battery a little sooner in order to make the bike fit your wants and needs, then so what?Ĭharge it to full when you need the range. Sure, doing that often will shorten it's life some, but you're trading battery life for ebike convenience. If it needs to sit for a day before you use it, don't sweat it. ![]() it will last much longer if you store it in the freezer and never use it, but where's the fun in that? Charge it when you can. Also, charging them to only about 70% capacity will make them last much longer.īut then, whats the point? Your battery is a consumable item. The ideal conditions for the longest lasting lithium cells is to store them at around 40% charge someplace cold. ![]()
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