2018 F3T totally dead - any thoughts or advice?

[Snowbelt Spyder]

Again, many times a LiFePO4 (aka LFP) battery, which is what that is, is shipped in sleep mode. The assumption is that the customer will put it on a charge using a proper LFP battery charger. The battery charger sends the necessary wake up voltage pulse which tells the BMS to bring the battery back on line. The whole process is transparent to the customer. If you do not have the proper LFP type charger, the battery was never brought out of sleep mode, and that’s most likely the only problem. So, it would paint a more complete and useful picture, both to the forum and Lamonster Garage, to confirm if you and the stores were using the correct type of charger to try to wake up this battery. If you were, then the battery could truly be faulty. Otherwise, it’s a matter of not understanding how your new battery technology works.

 

[UtahPete]

Again, many times a LiFePO4 (LFP) battery, which is what that is, is shipped in sleep mode. The assumption is that the customer will put it on a charge using a proper LFP battery charger. The battery charger sends the necessary wake up voltage pulse which tells the BMS to bring the battery back on line. If you do not have the proper LFP type charger, then that’s most likely the only problem. So, it would paint a more complete picture to confirm if you and the stores were using the correct type of charger to try to wake up this battery. If you were, then the battery could truly be faulty. Otherwise, it’s a matter of not understanding how your new battery technology works.

AND, don't use a charger that is not designated as a lithium battery charger!

Yeah, charged the battery as soon as I got it.

Did you use a Lithium battery charger?

 

[Wheelman]

Again, many times a LiFePO4 (aka LFP) battery, which is what that is, is shipped in sleep mode. The assumption is that the customer will put it on a charge using a proper LFP battery charger. The battery charger sends the necessary wake up voltage pulse which tells the BMS to bring the battery back on line. If you do not have the proper LFP type charger, then that’s most likely the only problem. So, it would paint a more complete picture, both to the forum and Lamonster Garage, to confirm if you and the stores were using the correct type of charger to try to wake up this battery. If you were, then the battery could truly be faulty. Otherwise, it’s a matter of not understanding how your new battery technology works.

Yes, I bought the battery and Genius 2 charger from Lamonster and put it on the charger before I put it in the bike.

AND, don't use a charger that is not designated as a lithium battery charger!


Did you use a Lithium battery charger?

Yes, I used the charger that came with the battery from Lamonster. When the auto parts stores checked it, they used a tester that required the model #, ccc and amp hours of the battery. I assume the tester was the proper one to use.