Battery only charging to 80%?

Surge

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Aug 20, 2018
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Toronto
Hi,
My battery seems to be charging to 80% only. The charger light becomes green at 80%.
Has this happened to anyone else?
I disconnected and reconnected the charger cable, but the light stayed green.
I checked battery level in Blevo and it’s 80%.
 

Surge

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Aug 20, 2018
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75
Toronto
I think I know why: it's to protect the life of the cells. Tesla does the same thing, and don't we have the same cells?
The batt gauge on the bike shows all 10 LEDs lit; but Garmin and BLEVO show 80% charge. So the Specialized gauge on the bike is lying when it says the battery is full, it's really only at 80%.
 

khorn

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Jul 19, 2018
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Something is wrong, when I charge my Levo my Garmin is also saying 100% in my Garmin 1030 via fake channel.

Karsten
 

Surge

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Aug 20, 2018
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Toronto
I’m not using the fake channel. I’m using the Levo plugin for the Garmin 1030.
All 10 LEDs are green on the bike’s display.
Perhaps the fake channel is displaying the “fake” 100% charge, as it does for the bike’s own display.
 

Flatslide

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Jul 14, 2019
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Dunedin NZ
My RM did a similar thing recently. The iWoc display was showing low SoC and dropping rapidly (a short 100m climb made it drop 25%). I rode it for miles flashing red and it still giving full power. I ran it flat - until it turned itself off, then charged it fully til the charger switched off. Now it's good again.
 

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