I wish there was a recycling program that would incentivize people to recycle their old batteries in exchange for extra credits that people can use towards purchasing a brand new battery.
@HoonGoon Жыл бұрын
The shop just recently purchased my trek rail 9.8 gt from said i can bring the battery to them to recycle for free. I guess you usually have to pay to recycle them? Im new to this.
@johndoe-tk6en2 ай бұрын
@@HoonGoon garages sell old battery's...
@vashon1002 ай бұрын
@@johndoe-tk6en batteries vs battery's
@johndoe-tk6en2 ай бұрын
@@vashon100 Sorry, batterijen.
@Magoo71 Жыл бұрын
It's still strange seeing Chris on the channel when we all know he's gone! Hope he turns up soon as I've come to really enjoy his commentary and bike riding...!
@pc.9008 Жыл бұрын
His last vid apparently 😣
@vashon1002 ай бұрын
He needs to come back!
@jevgeniardassov Жыл бұрын
Specialized gives you instructions on the battery itself. Charge at least once in 30 days at room temperature, do not use at below -25 or above 40 C. Store at 50-60% charge. Since my second boy was born I am unable to ride as much as I did and I do need to store my battery from time to time. Very helpful, thanks Specialized.
@seakayak4425 Жыл бұрын
Every now and then this channel actually gives sensible advice,I have experienced battery degradation due to charging straight after cold winter rides,definitely get them to room temp first or at least not 5c or so
@doepicchet Жыл бұрын
If charging in your home I would charge in a fireproof battery bag. Also great for storage.
@CMZPICTURES Жыл бұрын
Ooooh, I've been charging mine up at the end of every ride. This is great info. Thanks!
@adamotheloanguy Жыл бұрын
Me too. Good to know
@JCbiglessworth Жыл бұрын
Depends on what battery you have, bosch batteries have a management system where you can charge it fully without issues
@350zbn Жыл бұрын
Great tips from you guys as always
@embn Жыл бұрын
Glad you found these tips useful! Thanks for the support! 👊
@nickfitzhugh7156 Жыл бұрын
You can extend your battery life (ie number of charge cycles) by up to 2x by only charging it to 90%, or even up to 3x by limiting charging to 80%. I think the 1000 charge cycles estimate is improbable, more like 300-500 depending on the cells used in the battery, although obviously this depends on what your definition of end of battery life is (IMO 60% capacity is pretty unusable!). For someone who rides twice a week that would mean only 3 to 5 years of usable battery life. If you're doing shorter rides that don't require a full battery, best to only charge to 80-90% to extend the usable battery lifespan.
@YoStu24210 ай бұрын
I have followed 40-80% rule with my mobile phone, meaning I have tried not to charge past 80% and not let drain below 40% and after ~5 years battery has lost about 10% of it's rated capacity. I suppose same applies to all li-ion batteries altough e-bike as such crude charge indicators so it's hard to tell the percentage. I suppose it's enough when I stop charging when it's 4/5 bars full and not let it drain below 2/5.
@DKFX18 ай бұрын
@@YoStu242 That's pretty impressive, I had mine for 2.5 years and used a 20-80% rule, but I can't say I haven't slipped up occasionally. It was at 93% 1 month ago. Now I've used for it 4 weeks as an internet hotspot(not keeping the rule) and it's already down to 91%
@vashon1002 ай бұрын
Now we just need the motors to match that life expectancy
@silviu.filipescu8 ай бұрын
I generally charge my eMTB battery just before the ride to 100%. After the ride it remains generally to 10-40% with state of charge for few days or weeks till next ride. I also keep 20-25% state of charge over the winter for 3 months. I rarely discharge the battery to 0% on a ride. This happened 4 or 5 times in 2 years of use. Now the battery have 45 charging cycles and I do not feel a drop of autonomy. I store my bike with battery installed in a shady place on the balcony where the temperature is maxim 40 C degrees in the midday of summer and minimum 10 C degrees in winter.
@ripp3rjak934 Жыл бұрын
My battery has an on and off switch. But what I’m concerned about is. Should I turn the battery ON! When I’m charging it? Or should I keep it off? Then charge it so I’m confused
@johnreese3762 Жыл бұрын
Great info/video! Thanks Chris!
@embn Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@flowjov10 Жыл бұрын
Chris delivers as always. I wish you all the best for your future and miss your appearance on the channel already. It is simply not the same with out you.
@vashon1002 ай бұрын
Where did he go or did they send him away. I miss him!
@Destide Жыл бұрын
Great tip about the dielectric grease, so many people smother contacts with, it's for insulating water ingress. Just my opinion and not factual at all, but for the contacts isopropyl to clean and acf50 to stop corrosion use an insulating soft brush, wire wool not recommended :D.
@HaggisPower Жыл бұрын
Electrical contact cleaner is designed for exactly this and leaves a very light oil residue on the contacts. I had the motor out the other day and put silicon dielectric grease around the inside of the connector shrouds but not into the contacts. Anything to keep water out while keeping good contact...
@J-Po-tt5ze Жыл бұрын
Hi, please can you recommend any fire proof bags / boxes for home use? Recent news of batteries going up in smoke makes you think.
@JoLe1991 Жыл бұрын
a decent BMS should prevent charge current from reaching the battery below 5°C. I'm developing a battery (based on 21700 cells) with temperature dependent heating element that will turn on below 15°C when the charger is plugged in. Without a charger, the heating element cannot turn on and use up battery capacity to maintain temperature. The aim of this automatic heating system is to have a battery which can be charged in cold conditions (obviously insulation is required to keep the heat), i.e. outdoor solar chargin in winter.
@twisteds2fast4u Жыл бұрын
Nice video, i have a question.. what if you find yourself with a charged battery and you cant ride for what ever reason? how do you discharge it for storage? thanks
@mikeflanary642 Жыл бұрын
Take it for a spin outside for 20 min on turbo?
@Patrick-vu1pn Жыл бұрын
Ride it on turbo or create a discharger the RC world has been doing it for years
@davidmacdonald4922 Жыл бұрын
Any good tips on whether you should protect the connection terminals on the bike when transporting the bike after the battery has been removed? On a towbar rack, for example, there is going to be a lot of water spray and crud flying around that area when driving at any speed. Are covers available, or any tips about making A DIY cover? Thanks.
@stevetremlett7917 Жыл бұрын
My Giant owners manual says to completely drain battery every 15 charge cycles in order to maximise battery life.
@OGBandit15 ай бұрын
So are you talking Celsius? 20⁰ seems a bit cold for storage. I was told to make sure you are charging to full before a ride as the bms with balance the cells.
@hobblyjig Жыл бұрын
Do brands offer apps to manage charging? Like setting it to charge to a certain percentage? Or set to charge by a certain time. What brands do have that?
@Patrick-vu1pn Жыл бұрын
Giant has a button to charge the battery to 60%
@Lee-ic2yn Жыл бұрын
Just use a timer
@porroco Жыл бұрын
I have shimano ep8 with 630wh, but hope the come with a ballancing on their firmware app. Sometimes you fully charge your ebike, but for some reason could not ride for weeks and batt keeps fully charged
@AmvC Жыл бұрын
Thank you, every bit of reduced waste counts :)
@islandaerial3414 Жыл бұрын
You'd be extremely lucky to make it to 1000 cycles. There isn't a DU that will last as long as any battery I've pass by 500 cycles and am on my 4th DU...
@GG-ye7cj Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I would like to plan a roadtrip in sctoland with an ebike, do you think it's easy to charge the batteries in bars, restaurants or campings ?
@Nickels38 Жыл бұрын
great video.... are these ebike batteries affected by magnets or magnetic fields?
@205RallyTeam Жыл бұрын
Hmm what do you recommend with a 2023 Mondraker Crafty RR as battery cannot be removed.
@OU812NVME Жыл бұрын
This is the fact about these batteries and in fact is the fact about all lithium batteries when you store it you want to store between 75 and 80% energy and that's a fact you do this and keep it out of the heat you'll get the life out of your batteries I've been in the battery industry for over two decades now it's really just that simple and what happens with these batteries is there's many cells in there and you get one cell of all those cells that go bad in Elvis and you can't charge it because of the smartcharge technology United tear it apart find the one bad cell give it a little bit of a jump put it back in and all the sudden your battery pack is brand new again
@emcon3 Жыл бұрын
Batteries don't degrade in cold weather is it true? If it is cold, the battery operation time from full charge will be shortened.
@samwise833 Жыл бұрын
I thought Christ had left! Welcome back Chris 😁
@jmo2752 Жыл бұрын
They film a lot of stuff in advance... this was filmed before Christmas, as he mentions their merch as a Christmas gift.
@samwise833 Жыл бұрын
@@jmo2752 why didn't they film and post his good bye video in advance and post it as his last video
@jmo2752 Жыл бұрын
@@samwise833 you'd have to ask them, but it appears that Chris decided he would leave at the end of December, so it made sense that the final weekly show of the year was where that 'goodbye' was announced; whereas this kind of content is often filmed many more weeks or even months in advance, and they hadn't had time to publish all his previously-recorded content before his actual leaving date.
@vashon1002 ай бұрын
@@jmo2752 Did Chris leave or did they send him? I miss him!
@krisannvercauteren-lennart2166 Жыл бұрын
hello, i have a problem with my bike. i lost the battery key of a cube bike. is there a solution to get the battery out now ? i am from belgium :) - love the movies ..
@scootjockey Жыл бұрын
My battery defect after 10 months on a fullray e bike 10.0 did everything by the book still defect, broke, knackerd getting it swapped on garantie but thats not the point wish i would never have bought the thing.
@glennmcmullen5192 Жыл бұрын
I was always told to charge it up after every ride and basically when in storage for the winter to plug it in once a month to keep it at full charge......
@mattcameron9349 Жыл бұрын
Batribike, by any chance?
@sachaquadrelli4674 Жыл бұрын
You definitely don't want to be doing that!
@glennmcmullen5192 Жыл бұрын
@@mattcameron9349 nope
@paulfern78 Жыл бұрын
Bring back chris!
@vashon1002 ай бұрын
Exactly YES!
@utube091116 Жыл бұрын
Storage level is absolutely not 30-60% but around 75% ! as there are mostly e few led or the blocks on the readout display, the top one needs to be off and the second top blinking ! RFM !
@HaggisPower Жыл бұрын
I've always understood it to be within a range closer to Chris's suggestion...
@abikeesclerosada Жыл бұрын
I charged my Shimano battery 57 times, and after 30 (around) it started to loose range. New was 183 km, and now is 170 km. According to Shimano its normal. Is it?????
@22Jeffers Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I can’t take the battery out of my 2018 Focus Jam2 easily. It’s a motor out job. So it sadly has to get cold in the garage over the winter.
@allensheppard36914 ай бұрын
Battery heater,A.C.\ insulate the garage
@06howea16 ай бұрын
Still using an iPhone 5
@stigsy5609 Жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, is there any kind of range extender for an old shimano e8000 bike with 500wh accu ? Scott 710 . Thanks Woli
@robbief1 Жыл бұрын
What does this mean for all those ebikes with built in batteries that are stuck in garages or sheds over winter?
@allensheppard36914 ай бұрын
Dinosaurs
@falksturmfels2737 Жыл бұрын
Damn, almost february and still Chris-Movies poppin' up. How much more videos can we expect?
@stevemlejnek70733 ай бұрын
After the charger shows my battery is fully charged, the battery itself shows only 2 out of 3 LED lights
@SteveGates81 Жыл бұрын
So is everyone else with a non-removable battery just ignoring this advice and storing their bike in the garage at subzero temps over the winter? Or keeping their bike indoors?
@22Jeffers Жыл бұрын
Yep; I’m just ignoring it. 🤣 Occasionally I’ll bring it in the night before the ride to charge it and to get it to trim temp before the ride.
@seakayak4425 Жыл бұрын
Why I like my old 2017 external battery set up,cold does them no good
@Lee-ic2yn Жыл бұрын
I'd never leave my rail in a garage Just asking for it to be stolen imo
@bustergoddess Жыл бұрын
Don’t neglect to buff your battery 🔋!
@tomquimby8669 Жыл бұрын
Good bye Chris. good presenter good job
@mikebirkett010 Жыл бұрын
I know the big players are good at their batteries and safety systems, but a word of warning to those who feel 'E***' can provide a cheap alternative to the real Ebike world. As an Electrical Engineer of 40 years standing, I can say that Li Ion batteries are not the answer. Better is to come, and to those people who bought cheap Escooters and Ebikes, sorry about the fires. Energy density in modern batteries is frightening.
@RobertAdams-ly5ku Жыл бұрын
So, what are you saying exactly
@micktheshaggy3977 Жыл бұрын
@@RobertAdams-ly5ku He says "don't buy crap ebike shaped objects on ebay".
@RobertAdams-ly5ku Жыл бұрын
@@micktheshaggy3977 Thanks Mike, now I understand, and it sounds like good advice
@Lee-ic2yn Жыл бұрын
@@micktheshaggy3977 but I've got a Li ion battery in my trek rail You're right but he also just said it as if any lithium battery is dangerous
@Lee-ic2yn Жыл бұрын
4:34 Just don't ever do this if you're bike is worth over £20
@Lee-ic2yn Жыл бұрын
Haven't you made this video twice already?
@elvislad Жыл бұрын
Any generous riders out there,my heart rate today hit 191bpm 191!!! I'm 52 been riding all my life,my local track has a super steep hill to get to the top,its just a 1 minute track,built it over last year. I'm desperate for an ebike or a bafang kit,I even got off today cos well tbh got a little scared when my heart started racing on the climb up,normal max is still high 180's though. I've always been skint my whole life,no matter how hard long I've worked,been off last year n half due to having a bit of a breakdown but feel better now,a lot of it was beating myself up for not being able to afford an e,depresses me so much because it's exactly the type of bike u need here in north wales,every where is steep,either up or down. Anyway moan moan moan :-(