Interesting Ebike related news

[Banktramp]

Mum 'loses everything' in e-bike related house fire

Unsure what type of ebike it was??

 

[Gary]

A faulty one.

 

[j3ayy]

Could of been an homemade job? I don't leave mine unattended when charging & certainly NOT overnight.

 

[Doomanic]

Unsure what type of ebike it was??

Home build is my guess from reading the report.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Could of been an homemade job? I don't leave mine unattended when charging & certainly NOT overnight.

I never leave mine unattended when I'm discharging it. At least, I try not to.

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

It stands to reason that the battery's bms isn't a mainstream one from Bosch, Shimano etc.

I doubt it's a DIY job as building batteries is a fine art and not something many people do (nor something I'd recommend a novice to do).

Best guess is that it was either a fishnet style or dolphin battery pack and the charger was a 4amp+

A 2amp charger wouldn't cause those type of BMS's on these type of batteries to react in that fashion (unless they were plugged in for a long time). 4amp chargers would (especially those without a method of expelling heat build up).

Goes to show that BMS's can fail if forced to regulate cell banks through discharge and recharge when left unattended.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

I never leave my unattended when I'm discharging it. At least, I try not to.

unfortunately for you, a catalogue of decent sized 'offs' determines that you in fact DO, spend quite a bit of time off the bike while its in discharge mode

 

[RustyIron]

My wall calendar tells me that the year is 2021. You'd think that by now, people would have learned not to put their batteries and chargers near flammable materials.