Well I am finally on my summer vacation.
I was very excited to ride my board around the lake to where I am now.
So I charge up the board, put on my gear, turn on the remote , turn on the remote , turn on the remote .
Nothing happens.
I am sure it was charged but hooked it to a charger anyway. The lights turned on but as soon as I disconnected it they turned off again.
Anyway long story short(ish), I opened the remote and found the lipo battery swollen and one of its tabs corroded and broken.
I honestly don’t know how, since the board and remote has never come near water.
So I am on vacation, Saturday afternoon, every store that could have something helpful is closed and I have almost no tools.
Still there is no way in hell I will not get to ride my board so I took out my Leatherman and went to town.
The remote works and with 3500mAh capacity I won’t have to charge the battery till I get home and fix it properly.
Thanks man. I was very frustrated when the remote crapped out but when I got it working and took it out for my first ride around the lake my frustration went away (until something else decides to break down ).
I cut the wire off a bedside lamp, stripped the ends, twisted the wires and covered them in hot glue.
Tip: I always carry a stick of hot glue and a lighter in my car, you can’t imagine how many times this has come in handy.
For the connection to the battery, I rolled some electrical tape and put that on top of stripped wire ends and then wrapped electrical tape lengthwise around the battery to make sure I got a solid connection.
None of these are techniques I would normally use but a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.
That’s interesting. The battery in my remote is doing weird things as well, as I don’t use it very often. And the battery inside is probably very cheap. I’m surprised we don’t see this kind of post more often.
I will send only the enclosure with the battery and the rear truck with motors.
The beast has a 1 year warranty and if I mess with it I risk losing it.
Yes. Alberto said to ship the battery or even better the whole board back and I asked if I could ship back the enclosure with the rear trucks and motors to which he agreed.
This way I may save some money on shipping and he still gets all the parts to check without me having to actually mess with anything.