Originally Posted by
vermontcathy
One comment on the issue of the battery bouncing loose from the contacts. This has happened to me. But I also found another cause for having no power all of a sudden when I needed it on a hill..... I had gone more than 5 minutes without using the motor and so it shut itself off!!!
So, now if I'm doing a good bit of flats or downhills without using the motor, I'll just give the throttle a little twist every few minutes.
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VC, I discovered the same thing, unfortunately right when I wanted to start up a steep hill. I had to backtrack a bit and flip the switch again. I wish there was some way around this, but it does help when I've forgotten to turn the battery off when I go in a store. So now I give the throttle a little twist every couple of minutes too.