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Can't tank a bank.a closed short would be dead easy to find - there'll be a bright flash, an after glow and then the smell of burnt metal and plastic The batteries are very well spot welded together. The problem came from the battery protection board on the top. If it gets disconnected from any part of the battery (there are connections to each bank of four cells) then it permanently shuts down the battery and it won't turn the bike on. The wires at the top that you can see coming from the battery go to another 10 cell battery piggybacked onto the battery board to trick it into thinking it's all connected. However, when I reconnected one of the banks to the protection board (pulling out the piggyback wire VERY carefully at the same time) I must have made a cold joint that looked good, seemed good, but then opened when I was finagling it back into the case. Joint opened, protection board thought that one of the battery banks had disappeared, pack is bricked.
I had to say it.