Manc33 wrote: 1 Feb 2025, 4:13pm
You'd think they would mention the brand of battery so people can avoid it, or maybe mention the amps he was charging at. Without knowing any of those details, it's a useless news story.
Willing to bet the customer doesn't know any of that. If I asked you what battery your mobile phone or laptop (or any other cordless appliance for that matter) had, how many Ah it was, charging rate... Would you know?
Also, there are 1001 random brands that pop up, produce some cheap crap for a while, disappear and reappear as some other brand, repeat...
There's an argument that maybe, if it's a self-build, the customer should have done some research, ensured they matched the charger with the battery but again, if someone is going off what they're reading on AliExpress, it's probably wrong and they probably don't understand half of it anyway.
Which is the point I made about legitimate e-bikes from reputable brands being near zero risk and everything else being the problem.