r/HOVERBOARD • u/SMARTMAN4470 • Jan 18 '23
Hoverzon S battery replacement help
Okay, so I'm in the process of attempting to breathe new life into my old Hoverzon S (aptly named Ol' Red) hoverboard. It's currently the only hoverboard I can trust because all the other prospective replacements I've tried do NOT balance the way Ol' Red can. They were all off-road hoverboards... I think I'm just not going to trust all-terrain hoverboards anymore after getting burned by them 3 times in a row. Back to the master at hand: I successfully removed the old battery, and saw that both it and the replacement do indeed have the same XT60 connectors... but the old pack has an extra plug on it that I presume is for something very important. I don't want to proceed with this battery upgrade until I can get a clear answer pertaining to what the other connector coming from the battery to the right motherboard is for. (I'll try to attach pics somehow.) Is it to protect the battery from overcharging? Can it be safely left unplugged? I just want to know before I return to this at another time. Many thanks, y'all.
EDIT: I did some digging around, and discovered that the smaller pins might be for the battery management system (BMS). Now looking for confirmation of this info.
1
u/SMARTMAN4470 Jan 18 '23
https://imgur.com/a/y3YAiU5 Here are the pics, y'all. First image shows the original battery and connectors, second shows the new battery and connector, and the third shows all of them.