@EverydayMoggie asks:
E-bike motors are not very reliable; it seems that about 25% of them fail pretty quickly.
Q6. If you have an e-bike, have you had trouble with the motor?
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@EverydayMoggie @bikenite A6. I don't use e-bikes a lot but thankfully have had no problems with the motor. There do appear to be some small problems with the battery system that probably have something to do with not charging it often enough.
@ascentale @EverydayMoggie @bikenite some battery chemistries will die quickest when charged from 80% to 100%.
Unfortunately most bike batteries are very hard to short charge, and the maximum range isn't such overkill that most want to start every ride/day with a full battery.
@LovesTha @ascentale @EverydayMoggie @bikenite The other question is: do you live somewhere cold enough for your bike to get below freezing? Good batteries will have controllers that sense it's too cold and refuse to charge because that _will_ damage the battery.
@moira @LovesTha @ascentale @EverydayMoggie @bikenite
I don't have an e-bike, but that definitely happens with my bicycle cameras. Too cold and they shut off.
@cainmark @LovesTha @ascentale @EverydayMoggie @bikenite That might be for other reasons; Lithium-Ion can be _used_ - discharged - just fine below freezing. It's just charging that's bad.
But other electronics also have their own temperature ranges and CCDs are no exception, so there are plenty of other reasons for them to shut down. It _could_ be the battery's discharge rate, but it could be something else too.
(The key point being it's okay to use LiIon batteries below freezing, it's just charging that's bad.)
@moira @cainmark @ascentale @EverydayMoggie @bikenite I'm pretty sure they lose capacity when very cold. That may mean they can't run the camera, or it could be the CCD is too cold.
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