Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted August 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) The LG M50T (not M50LT) type battery cells are bad and have led to some serious battery fires in the past, including (presumably) a burnt out shipping container of distributor ewheels. These fires can happen suddenly without any discernible reason. The LG M50T battery cells have been briefly used in some Begode electric unicycles a few years ago, before they switched to LG M50LT or Samsung battery cells (these are all safe). As there were some recent fires with M50T wheels, it is clear that this situation is not over as long as the affected wheels are still around. What you should do If you have an affected Begode wheel or plan to buy a used one of the affected models, check that the batteries are of a safe type. If you have a wheel with LG M50T batteries, at the very least you should always store it it a place where a sudden fierce battery fire would do no serious harm. This excludes anywhere in a house or garage, let alone an apartment! Don't be irresponsible to you, the people around you, and everyone's property. Honestly, the best idea is to simply discard the affected battery packs (remove from the wheel and bring them to battery recycling/safe disposal). You can then get new safe packs, or (more likely at this point) write off the wheel. Do not underestimate the likelihood or danger of a battery fire with these battery packs! If you bought from ewheels, they had a recall and will send out safe replacement battery packs, just email them and ask. As there was an official recall, this may apply to any US seller. Affected wheels may be Begode MSuper Pro (MSP) - this wheel released at a dangerous time and you should really check that your batteries are not the dangerous ones Begode RS - early batches of the RS also might have M50T battery packs Begode Nikola (100V only) - don't worry about your Nikola just yet, but some also were produced in the dangerous time where M50T batteries have been used How to check your electric unicycle You can check your electric unicycle by opening one of the plastic side panels (should require only a regular Phillips screwdriver) and checking the sticker on the battery packs (the blue-foiled bricks - maybe the sticker is on the back side, but it's there). Quick and easy to do! If the battery type is LG M50T, you have a problem and should act. If the battery type is any other, like LG M50LT or Samsung 50E, then you are good and have nothing to worry about. If you have any other wheel model not named, especially a recent one, you have nothing to worry about. More information This topic is just to state the warning, please feel free to discuss this issue and ask questions in any of the linked topics below, or any other place you like. A more detailed summary, including time frames, can be found here: Recent fire: Another recent fire, in a general fire thread: Old topic about the ewheels recall: Edited August 11, 2023 by meepmeepmayer 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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