Munsense Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Had a mishap today, my Ninebot E fell into the river. I jumped in and got it back. The battery smoked and caught on fire, and I managed to disconnect it after. Should I get another control board and battery to try to fix it? Could someone please advise what gets damaged by water? Would the motor be ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 9 hours ago, Munsense said: Had a mishap today, my Ninebot E fell into the river. I jumped in and got it back. The battery smoked and caught on fire, and I managed to disconnect it after. Should I get another control board and battery to try to fix it? Could someone please advise what gets damaged by water? Would the motor be ok? Keep it for parts and buy another wheel. I'm serious, don't try to fix it. Turn in the battery to a electronics recycler, but in the right now, leave it outside away from anything flammable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik's Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 16 hours ago, Munsense said: Had a mishap today, my Ninebot E fell into the river. I jumped in and got it back. The battery smoked and caught on fire, and I managed to disconnect it after. Should I get another control board and battery to try to fix it? Could someone please advise what gets damaged by water? Would the motor be ok? Ninebot One is water resistant for the most part. But the Connections are not waterproof. So if the connections (or charging port) were exposed to water - then the battery gave up the ghost. But motor and controller are sealed and should be good to use again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munsense Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Thanks for the advice, that's good to know! Ok- battery has been discarded, I've ordered a new bot, and am keeping the motor, controller and housing for a future repair project then. Will wear a leash from bot to my belt next time I ride by the river. Lol. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 20 hours ago, Munsense said: <snip>Will wear a leash from bot to my belt next time I ride by the river. Lol. Thanks. I hope it's not a deep river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallexis Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 On 19/01/2017 at 4:22 PM, Munsense said: Could someone please advise what gets damaged by water? Would the motor be ok? 2 years ago my wheel (it was a X3 clone) decided to jump into water and stay close to 1 hour at 2 m deep. I found a solution to take it back but water enter everywhere inside. I had to disassemble all parts in order to dry them. For the motor, I had to remove tire, inner tube and to open both side to allow water to go out. And I've put the motor inside a big bag with rice during 48h. Same thing with the control board (and the shell), I put it inside a bag (the bag need to be close) with rice. The battery was out of order and I have to buy a new one. And after 48h waiting, I have put all parts in place and the wheel have restarted. and it works all time until now. So it's possible to save some parts but you need to full dry them asap to prevent from water's damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munsense Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wow that's quite interesting. Great job getting that back to life, smallexis. I have bought a new ninebot E+ now. I'm just considering if I can swap out the new E+ Control board and battery into the drowned Ninebot E just to see if the motor and all still work. Or am I asking for trouble? Also anyone has any idea for a leash to keep the bot from running away to have a swim again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughthammer Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Munsense said: I'm just considering if I can swap out the new E+ Control board and battery into the drowned Ninebot E just to see if the motor and all still work. Or am I asking for trouble? Just make sure, the motor is really properly dried out before you put any electricity in it! The big bag of rice method is definately recommended to carry out before trying to revive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mono Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 27/01/2017 at 4:33 PM, Munsense said: Also anyone has any idea for a leash to keep the bot from running away to have a swim again? I was using an outdoors baggage strap as a leash for a year or so. First, I connected it tightly with my belt. This resulted in one of my less pleasant falls by stumbling over the leash when I was trying to run off. Then I just slid it through under my belt from below, such that it could glide out easily. Like this I could sometimes grab it before the wheel escaped or the wheel got out of balance just from pulling the strap out. I believe I didn't have any run away with the loosely attached leash, nor a fall due to it. By now I don't use a leash anymore, I am confident enough that I can prevent a run away most of the time without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Depending on how fast you go, maybe an elastic leash would be good so it does not drag you away in the worst case. Something like a bungee cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munsense Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Thanks for your advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mono Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 46 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Depending on how fast you go, maybe an elastic leash would be good so it does not drag you away in the worst case. Something like a bungee cord. But then make darn sure that it is very safely attached. If you stretch a bungee cord and then the connection breaks it becomes a pretty dangerously moving object. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munsense Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Omg that's true as well! I think I'll take the coiled leash from my surf board and see how I go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Surfer Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Been there done that! Battery did not fry, but I fried a mosfet on the the controller after riding it back to the car. Repaired the board, its now a spare. Your Bot motor is a sealed unit, so should be OK, the controller I would clean with a good alcohol bath, because of all the dirt collected over time in there and water made MUD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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