I just bought an old second hand scooter for the kids and I. It has a nice look to it, and it’s built incredibly strong like one of those old-school kids bicycles. It looks like a good base to repair and upgrade.
There’s no brand or model # markings on the scooter frame of any kind. The motor and some of the electronics are made in china. It runs off a 12v SLA battery. Brushed beltdrive motor claims 12v 14.5amps. Nice 200x50 air tires.
the guy had it in storage for years, and had lost the charge cable. The battery reads 0.6v, so I assume it’s garbage. I thought it charged direct from 120AC, so made an old cable fit the unusual socket, and boom! Bit of smoke and light. It appears to have torched the piece I’m pointing the pencil at.
I’ll assume that socket is for stepped down voltage, but no idea how much, type, and what cable.
I just happen to have an identical new battery, so I hooked it up and everything powers up. However, the motor runs so weakly that it can’t even push the weight of the scooter itself. If I hook the motor directly to the battery, it gives much more power and torque, testing on the bench. Why? Can the scooter be ridden this way?
The original throttle is just a simple on off trigger, but it had What appears to be a three level battery indicator. There is also a power switch (and possibly combined resettable fuse) on the bottom.
Any idea how I can get this going?
Would a new brushed controller fix all this? Which one? Would all existing hardware just feed into the box wires? What power can I expect?
Trying to post pics but getting errors. Perhaps a YouTube video is better?
There’s no brand or model # markings on the scooter frame of any kind. The motor and some of the electronics are made in china. It runs off a 12v SLA battery. Brushed beltdrive motor claims 12v 14.5amps. Nice 200x50 air tires.
the guy had it in storage for years, and had lost the charge cable. The battery reads 0.6v, so I assume it’s garbage. I thought it charged direct from 120AC, so made an old cable fit the unusual socket, and boom! Bit of smoke and light. It appears to have torched the piece I’m pointing the pencil at.
I’ll assume that socket is for stepped down voltage, but no idea how much, type, and what cable.
I just happen to have an identical new battery, so I hooked it up and everything powers up. However, the motor runs so weakly that it can’t even push the weight of the scooter itself. If I hook the motor directly to the battery, it gives much more power and torque, testing on the bench. Why? Can the scooter be ridden this way?
The original throttle is just a simple on off trigger, but it had What appears to be a three level battery indicator. There is also a power switch (and possibly combined resettable fuse) on the bottom.
Any idea how I can get this going?
Would a new brushed controller fix all this? Which one? Would all existing hardware just feed into the box wires? What power can I expect?
Trying to post pics but getting errors. Perhaps a YouTube video is better?