Davejmag said:
It cut out after around 25mins but this time the lights all went out(1st time it’s done this)and there was smoke coming from near the front. Lifted up the deck and removed the batteries, the smoke was coming from the front compartment where the controller is. After around 10mins of pushing it we tried to turn it back on and it came on and worked fine again but we don’t have the 3 power lights at the throttle which usually stay on all the time to show the power in the battery. They now only come on when you open the throttle.
Do you think the smoke etc is to do with the batteries dropping voltage or is this another issue.
Uh....smoke is very very bad.
Smoke means you could have a fire.
You don't want to keep using something that is smoking.
You want to fix it first so it doesn't smoke, so it doesn't catch on fire, especially when you're not looking and burn your house down.
So...no, smoke wouldn't usually be to do with battery voltage.
Smoke is to do with overheating something, meaning using it too hard for it's design, so something has failed.
It could be wiring, which is something that could cause a fire later even though you ahve it turned off and aren't using it. You need to open it up, and in the best possible lighting available (noonday sun, etc), very closely and carefully examine every inch of all of the wiring, especially that in the area the smoke came from (but not just there, everywhere), to see if there is anything unusual at all. Any sign of melting, distortion, discoloration, etc.
When you find the parts that have melted, trace where they go to and from. Take good closeup pictures of the damage, and of the parts the wires go to, and come from, in the best possible lighting, and attach them to your post here with the attachments tab, upload button. Then we can see which you might want to open up and examine next, or simply replace.
If there is no wiring damage, and you're absolutely sure of that, then still post the pictures, of every part that is in the area smoke came from, so we can at least guess which ones you should replace.
While it is possible that nothing at all will happen other than what already has, fire is really really really bad, and should always be avoided. So you should never take smoke as a benign sign, and should always immediately stop using whatever is smoking, and not use it again until it has been properly repaired.
