Ok using 36V battery on 48V MP III system?

[jan-norway]

Hi everyone,

Could someone please confirm that it would be ok to plug a 36 V battery into a MP III which is set up for 48 V? No harm to the battery right? I understand that the lights on the throttle would indicate that the battery is empty.

Does any controller settings need to be altered?

This is a GM battery with BMS.

A yes or no would do just great

Thanks guys!

Jan

[Bikemad]

Yes it's OK to plug a 36V battery into a MP III and it will not harm the battery or controller, but you may have a problem if the voltage setting on the controller has been set to 48V as this will cause the controller to cut out very quickly (or not work at all) due to the lower voltage of the 36V battery.

I seem to recall that the original MPIIIs were supplied with their controllers set to 36V by default, so hopefully you should not have a problem.
I have all my controllers set to 24V so that I can use any pack between 24V and 48V without having to reprogram the controller every time I use different voltage packs.

Alan
 

[jan-norway]

Thanks Alan!

Great reply. Always so clear and easy to understand.
 

Jan