The Charge
Have checked multiple ports in the premises and it appeared the electrician didn’t do a good job… the is no ground wire i can notice from switch board…
so started searching for charging from there on with my range l left is 2km…
once i checked with couple of people the battery is dead and i started pushing the vehicle now…
few people rejected to offer charge though i offered them money…
few are not sure and worried if the vehicle consumes lot of electricity…i had to explain them in detail for about 20min and they agree with explanation and let me charge but there won’t be grounding…
i visited hotels, roadside mechanics, businesses, showrooms, garages, sub-station and even police station…
but every where same issue
by the time i checked all these it was 3hr loss and my body entered dehydration mode and sweat started forming as salt on my shirt…(white layer)
so have decided to take some rest, headed to @slvecomotors palaner where i started…
when i almost there i saw a ice cream parlor on the other side of the road which have big refrigerators and building is comparatively new (may be a year old) which had good electric system atleast for the appearance…
so was sure this might have grounding…
went and asked for charging…
the guy got confused initially and thought it was for mobile and asked which port is it
i responded this is for my bike
he was taken back and again i can see the same worry on his face though wanted to help
when again i explained he allowed me to charge…
this time without setting up my extension setup i carried the charger alone to the port and checked
hurrayyy… finally success… light is green
charging started…
i parked it on the side of the building in the shade and started charging
sat there for 3 hrs
had lunch (have carried curd and rice with me)
bought some fruits and tried my best to take care of the body now…
there were so many kids coming to parlor and while returning they find my bike interesting and they start fiddling with the dash and front panels
one kid literally about to sit on front mud guard
i was on call and luckily i observed and almost jumped and stopped him…
couldn’t take rest because of this…
had to put my jacket to cover dashboard to avoid unnecessary attention…
but there is lot of genuine interest from families and youth around who enquired a lot
but being a rural area cost took them back and few realized they wouldn’t require smart features Ather is offering like dashboard and app features as they wouldn’t be interested…
so, @Ather.Team team can think of avoiding smartness from the bike in view to achieve lowering the cost for rural areas where adaption rate will be much higher if we can adjust the price to other brands level like jupiter…
please consider above and am sure it make sense to rural as they have point to point commute al the days most of the time…
so lesson learnt is please consider asking for help only if the building or the electric system is not too old
it is just waste of effort
finally charged till 90% and headed towards @slvecomotors chittor…
to be continued…