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How do you check the batteries on your electric scooter?
When you hear that you need to check the batteries on your Electric Scooter, and you open her up, don't panic. When you first see all the wires and connectors, you may get overwhelmed. We are here to help you every step of the way.
This guide will work for just about any electric scooter on the market. First a few things to note.
All scooters will have at least one 12 volt battery. Most electric scooters will have 2, 3, 4, or even 5 batteries. All are 12 volt. Pay attention to how each is connected.
Even the Cheap Electric Scooters are set up like this, so this method chould work for just about all electric scooters.
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If you
have a
scooter
like
any in
these
pictures,
then
this
guide
for
checking
the
batteries
in your
electric
scooter
is right
for you.
This
guide
will
hopefully
give you
a better
understanding
on how
to
effectively
check
the
batteries
to see
if they
are any
good or
if they
need to
be
replaced.
The
first
thing
you need
to do is
locate
the
battery
compartment.
If your
scooter
is
anything
like the
red
electric
scooter
pictured
on the
left,
then
your
battery
is
located
under
the
footplate.
This is
the part
that you
stand
on.
If your
scooter
is like
the
black
scooter
or the
blue
scooter
pictured
to the
left,
then
your
battery
compartment
is
located
under
the
center
panel.
Most
scooters
of these
types
will
have a
key to
open the
center
compartment,
several
cheap
imports
will
require
you to
remove
the
entire
body to
get to
the
battery
compartment.
When you get to the battery compartment, you will see one of two types of setups. The majority of electric scooters on the market today have one of these two battery setups.
Make a drawing of how your wires are connected. Once you have the drawing, you can either snip the wires from the connectors or get a soldering iron and melth the solder. Either way, you need to be able to test each battery seperately.
Once you have the batteries seperated, you want to test each one to see:
1. If they will take a charge (A bad battery, or one that has sat for too long, will not be able to cycle, therefore I t will read as fault when hooked up to a battery charger)
2. These are 12 volt batteries. A good battery will read 12.5 to 14.8 volts when fully charged. If the battery reads 7,8,9,10 Volts and says it is fully charged, that battery needs replaceing.
Note on Replacing Batteries
First - Test every battery. Since this is a trickle charge system, only one or possibly, but rarely, two batteries may need to be replaced. RARELY should you have to replace all the batteries at the same time. If someone tells you that, without checking the batteries themselves, they just want your money.
Batteries do not have to cost you an arm and a leg. They can, but they don't. Most Electric Scooter Batteries cost in the range of $25.00 up to $50.00 from a dealer. We want you to save money. Find a local Batteries Plus or a 1-800 Batteries and take your bad battery to them. They can get you a replacement batery for on average $10.00 to $15.00 cheaper.
No One Will Tell You This, They just want your money.
Now you have your batteries, so hook them up according to your diagram and put the scooter back together and you're on your way.
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