Electric Dreams Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Has anyone had issues with the ewheels fast charger. My charger stopped working today, its stuck at 74.6volts and wont go any higher, anyone else had issues with it? @Marty Backemade a video on it here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I think there was a bad batch according to @Jason McNeil IIRC. On the flip side, Marty was able to fix his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 6 hours ago, Jack Frost said: Has anyone had issues with the ewheels fast charger. My charger stopped working today, its stuck at 74.6volts and wont go any higher, anyone else had issues with it? @Marty Backemade a video on it here: My charger did fail but I was able to repair it. I suspect yours has failed for a different reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Dreams Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 8 hours ago, Marty Backe said: My charger did fail but I was able to repair it. I suspect yours has failed for a different reason My friend and I opened it up but my chargers layout is a tad different. And didnt find anything that had burned. (besides some heat wear and tear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 7:32 PM, Jack Frost said: My charger stopped working today, its stuck at 74.6volts and wont go any higher If, after riding your 74.6 volts (charge level) euc for awhile, the charger starts to recharge (from less than 74.6 volts) the battery but stops at about 74.6 volts then you probably have a bad cell(s) in your 84 volt max battery pack and ..the ---- charger is working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPara Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 So I had a chance to check out my 84V eWheels charger yesterday. If you want to check if the charger is broken or the battery pack is the culprit, just disconnect the charger from the wheel and see what voltage it shows. It should ramp up to the maximum output voltage of some 84.x V. If it does, the charger is very likely totally fine and it's the battery pack that has a problem as @Bob Eisenman had described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McCutcheon Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 My charger just stopped working, 84v. When it’s turned on, it caps out at 75.1 volts. And it occasionally blinks the light red and then goes back to green. This is a sign of a faulty charger, correct? I tried charging both my monster and acm and it stopped at 75volts on both. And I don’t think either wheel has bad cells. Oh wait, as I’m typing this, the idle voltage of the charger is going up and down. Something is definitely up. I’ll see if anything looks bad inside, and then contact Jason. Update: My board layout is a bit different than Marty’s, my fuse is oriented differently and that component is either absent or relocated somewhere else. Nothing looks burnt or broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Nick McCutcheon said: My charger just stopped working, 84v. When it’s turned on, it caps out at 75.1 volts. And it occasionally blinks the light red and then goes back to green. This is a sign of a faulty charger, correct? I tried charging both my monster and acm and it stopped at 75volts on both. And I don’t think either wheel has bad cells. Oh wait, as I’m typing this, the idle voltage of the charger is going up and down. Something is definitely up. I’ll see if anything looks bad inside, and then contact Jason. Update: My board layout is a bit different than Marty’s, my fuse is oriented differently and that component is either absent or relocated somewhere else. Nothing looks burnt or broken. Yeah, my failure was the catastrophic type. Yours and others symptoms are of the type that is probably not user fixable. Hopefully there's more than a 30-day warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Nick McCutcheon said: tried charging both my monster and acm The original stock charger will full charge each EUC if no bad cells exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McCutcheon Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Bob Eisenman said: The original stock charger will full charge each EUC if no bad cells exist. Yep, I’m charging the monster with no issues right now using the stock charger. And I would be surprised if both wheels don’t reach 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Bon Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I have a similar charger from Luna Cycles 84 V I have a XT60 plug on the wheels side and have cut all my standard charger leads to fit this style of plug so use for my MSX and V10F ,still have old chargers for travel PS mine is for OZ voltage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Dreams Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 2/27/2019 at 12:29 AM, Bob Eisenman said: If, after riding your 74.6 volts (charge level) euc for awhile, the charger starts to recharge (from less than 74.6 volts) the battery but stops at about 74.6 volts then you probably have a bad cell(s) in your 84 volt max battery pack and ..the fast charger is working properly. that definitely isnt true. the chargers output should be 84v, i used my friends charger and it worked fine (also from ewheels). nothing wrong with my batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McCutcheon Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Just an update, I received a replacement fast charger from eWheels yesterday and it works great! They had me send back my broken one, presumably to troubleshoot/fix the issue in the next iteration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Eisenman Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Jack Frost said: nothing wrong with my batteries So .... what ever happened to your stock charger , the slow charging one that would have charged your battery to 84 volts, or did your fast charger ship as the only charger to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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