How To Fix Your Scooter That Won't Turn On Or Charge
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2017
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GoGo Or Go Go power chair repair. How to replace the batteries in the sealed battery box on your power chair scooter. Battery: UB12180 
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Thanks, a bad fuse was my problem. Bought a pack of 4 for $5.00 I now have extra for future problems. NOTE: My scoter used a 7.5 amp fuse, the one in this video was a 5 amp so take the blown fuse to the auto parts store for correct one. Amazing, such a small part disabled the whole scooter. Happy to say, a quick and easy fix.
The most informative video I’ve watched he showed me EXACTLY how to fix my problem … Thank You
The trick to charge an over depleted battery is this. A dead battery draws too much current. Replace the fuse is it’s blown. Add a high wattage resister in series with the battery to reduce the current and start it charging. After it gets a partial charge you can remove the resister. Be careful wattage has to be high and resistant low, maybe 5 ohms or so.
i have a gogo ultra x scooter. just bought new batteries, and the meter guage on scooter says very low battery (one light bar lit up) and beeps twice, which means low battery. but when i test the batteries with meter they seem fine. what would you recommend? ty
@@healthyamerican Make sure all your connections are clean and tight. You might have a drain or short somewhere along the way.
thank you thank you its the only informative one on u tube excellent excellent I'm female 79 and I can now fix the damn scooter myself
Thank you! Just what I needed to fix my parents' scooter.
Check continuity of the bad battery, if there is no dead short you can boost it with a good battery for a brief period to get enough voltage in it so that your charger will recognize it and begin a charging cycle. I've done this and recovered 100's of batteries this way. Even ones that were sulfated.
Just repaired two swagtron hoverboards this way that I picked up at a thrift store for $20 a piece. The more I use them, discharge and recharge, the more the range increases.
Granted they won't be like new but they last about an hour and a half now compared to not even turning on or a charger even recognizing them when I got them home.
It's worth a try :) Just be certain the old ones don't have shorted cells by checking for continuity across the terminals.
Lead acid is really a lot more recoverable than we are led to believe, although once they corrode and short out they are done. I have restored car starter batteries to useful life with a solar panel and a cheap pwm charge controller. (Days and weeks of trickle charge.) I also keep a cheap wall wort style plug into AC lead acid trickle charger around. Lead acid sucks for deep cycle, tho. Go with lithium. It's cheaper and better. The problem with lead acid is, it likes to be a 100% charge all the time or it will sulfate. Lead acid doesn't like to drop below 50%. Lead acid sucks. They make Lifepo4 replacement batteries and it is NOT more expensive than lead acid. You can use the same charger if you have to, as long as you uplug the lithium as soon as it is charged up and know that overcharging and float charging is deadly to lithium. Lithium likes to hang out around 40% when not in use and that will actually make your battery last longer. You can use a timer to help prevent overcharging. Uplug before you go to bed, that kind of thing. The scooter industry does not want you to know how easy it is to switch to lithium and I find lithium chargers expensive or hard to get specifically for scooters. They sell them in kits only for certain brands etc. I have seen cheap lithium charger onTemu with the right plug, but voltage varies. You can also get cheap lithium ion battery packs off Aliexpress and they sell cheap enough chargers with. Depending how the batteries are arranged and which lithium chemistry you have, what voltage of charger you need.
Thank you. Saved me time and money. Keep up the good work.
Appreciate this videos information brother! Saved us so much time and $$!
If you have a battery that is relatively new and won't take a charge after a 100% discharge (dead), try using jumper cables and hook up positive to positive and negative to negative to a good, fully charged 12V car battery. Leave it connected for half an hour or so. After that, there is a good chance that you can hook up a portable battery charger and the battery will now "take" a charge. After half an hour, I like to leave the jumper cables connected to the car 12V battery, then attach my charger to one of the batteries, in effect charging both batteries up at the same time.
I used a 18v drill battery to jump start the charge is now working on a 12v battery charger
I have used 12 volt solar panel of at least 20 watts and a cheap pwm charge controller. Those wall wort trickle chargers might work.
very helpful video. my mum's scooter was left unused when she got ill for month's. sadly she died and it no longer works. thanks to your video I'll have the confidence and knowledge to repair it
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I'm very sorry for your loss God bless you 🙏🏽
Thank you !🙏
Recondition them and charge them up and it will work again..I bought two for 50dollars recondition the dead batteries I have two for sale now..
Good video. I thought my batteries were fried. It turned off going up a steep hill. It wouldn't charge. I checked the fuses as you suggested but they were fine. I was looking for new batteries but then found the circuit breaker. Who knew, I do now.
Where is the breaker located? I'm sure this will change model to model.
@@RJBargee on mine it's the round cloudy plastic dome on the front of the battery
@RJBargee no when it goes it just needs to be pushed back in like a breaker switch
What I have done is extended my mobiletie scooter and fited 2 Turk batteries in to it gives me a mush longer range work very well Where I live I don't have to dismantle it.
Extremely helpful. Thank you
Thank-you for the excellent video. Very informative.
Do all of the Go Go Elite Plus HD’s have two fuses and is there a screw holding the blac box down. My daughter bought me two new batteries awhile ago and it hasn’t really stayed charged since then . I will charge it overnight and it will look on the thing like it’s full charge and when you start riding it will go down to 3 or 4. My key thing was coming up when I took key out so I unscrewed it and tightened it inside and it didn’t help so I was watching your video it looked like you also had a fuse underneath the black box but I can’t get it up . Is there screws in the black box that holds the batteries in it.
Thank you, our chair has been playing up for ages.
I followed your advice and discovered atleast one of the batteries have swollen indicating an overcharge condition. I will probably replace the batteries and then the charger with something that has better over charge protection.
Thank you!!
Have the exact same unit before buying new batteries I pop the lid off the old ones they were bone dry slowly added to still water into them and put them on a low slow charge for 2 days they bubbled up real good and now run almost as long as brand new ones you don't always have to throw away the old battery
Sealed lead acid batteries there is no lid to remove. If you do you ruin the battery and break the seal.
Mine is lighting up and beeping but won’t go.! Does it do this if it just needs a good charge?
Awesome advice...
thanks very helpful
Thank you so much.
How do i open the case? I get the 6 screws out, but the 2 at the back in the center dont come apart. There does not appear to be screws in them but they have a rather start shape plastic post. ?
The Velcro holding the batteries in the battery box are holding them so tenaciously that I can't pull them out. What do you suggest?
Will it hurt to charge 12v 10ah batteries that say charge rate 1.5amp with a regular car batt charger that's 8amp? I'm a noob with scooter batts.
Have you tried daisy chaining them with some good cells meaning a good sell one of the old battery cells a good cell an old battery cell positive to negative negative to positive and then at the end putting the charger to the dead cell or vice versa hooking it up to the good cell completing the daisy chain through your old and new battery cells it might be a way to trick it into registering a charge like cordless drill batteries
Good video, but I'm working on an old Zoom 220 that has sat unused for 10-15 years. I replaced the batteries, and the fuse is good. But all it does is "click" in the reset button. The horn beeps, but that's it. Could something have deteriorated in that unused time?
Thank you!
Make sure your transmission is switch to engage if the wheelchair is making electrical connections the horn beep such as your transmission is not in gear find a switch if you can push your wheelchair and it moves around freely it's definitely not in gear once you engage the transmission you'll be able to use your wheelchair.
I have a Jazzy Scooter that I plugged in the charger and I push the green button on the joy stick and Im not getting no lights to come on. Both lights on the charger come on. But the charger use to get real warm when it was charging but it seems cool when I was trying to charge the scooter. Do I need a new charger and new batteries?
If they don't want to take a charge you have to pop the top off and take the little rubber caps off the cells and fill them up with distilled water using a basting siringe put on charge for a while and I bet they come back
I have a liberty 312 i checked batteries and theyre good i also had them charge separately and my chair wont turn on at all what can i do
I think I handle that. Gonna look into trying to fix it. Thank you for video and 411.
can you charge the batteries with a car charger? looks like something you have? thank you
Very good video can I take my scooter to Europe and charge in 220 volts?
Charge shows charging and does turn green if fully charge however when I disconnect and put key on no power in scooter. No idea what is going on.
Hello, I drive a scooter because of my disability, I have 2x12 volts with 100AH AGM each in my mobile, I would like to have lithium batteries inside, which charger do I need for this or can I use the charger that came with the mobile? Thanks for the info!!
I’m on my 4th or 5th Scooter and inmy area we have a store called Batteries Plus I can bring the entire battery pack into the store and my charger their techs will check everything for functionality and for the price of new batteries they will remove ,discard and install new ones in just a few minutes btw I am in no way associated with the store they just provide me with the service and new batteries that are competively priced with the ones on the Internet
this is so so hard for someone older to do. it needs to be more simple for seniors. i am 69 and wish i never for this scooter. ive only had it less 5 days.
Thanks
If you mesure the dc pins with a multimeter without connection to the chair wath voltage provides? thanks
Oh yeah after my apology, You know I Subscided!🤠👍
Did you try using a jump from a vehicle to get it started charging?
Just bought a second hand mobility scooter. Charged for 13 hours and nothing happened so we used a car battery booster and it just keeps flashing error. Is that a new battery job??
Thanks very helpful
I have a older Lark scooter and the charge cord broke so I had to use a trickle charge but now I have new cord but it won't charge! Brand new batteries
The fuses are rated in Amps.. not volts. Still a good video..
Joseph Staples yes, It's wrong information and some people will trust this as being correct!!!!!
my older pride gogo traveller elite has new batteries and you can run for hours and they are still good. but get on a steep grade or hill and it becomes such a load that the circuit breaker shuts down the whole scooter and we have to reach down and reset it, and walk the scooter up the hill. very discouraging. what can i do to solve this..thanks
Definitely can throw a person off, especially if they're not very competent with electricity.
Joseph Staples by
Thanks, I came down to the comments to say this same thing
I touched and crossed wires which left my jazzy select elite dead I checked the battery's there good I pushed the button on the 30amp fuse what is my problem please help
I work privately with mobility equipment-I routenly work with the GoGos, I have several, actually that I believe that the controller is bad on, I've got brand new batteries, all fuses good, still absolutely no power......do you by chance know how to test the controllers?
AGM batteries must be charged with correct charger. Also fuses are rates in Amperes not Volts
Series sum up 24volts and amps remains the same. Parallel voltage the same and amps sum up.
None of the LED Indicator lights work...what is the problem? The battery seems to be charging?
Hello I had a question, I was riding and hit a little bump and the scooter just stopped running. nothing is broke on the outside and the inside seems ti be fine what could I do to fix it?
96buells2t my moms did the same thing. Trying to fix it now. Any help found?
My wife’s did the same thing. I took it apart and cleaned the contacts with contact cleaner. It’s been ok so far.
Get those batteries for around 13.50 each at your local Locke Supply
Really? Hope they have one of those in FL
i see these batts on ebay to 30 bucks for 1 but his batteries are 18amh the replacment ones are 35 amp hour batts and there 60 bucks a pop so look carefully
35 amp battery (deep cycle or trolling motor batteries) will not in those boxes. They're too large.
I have a powercar mobility scooter. New batteries, fully charged. Charge indicators drops to have when starting to move. Charge only lasts for short distance. All wires seem to be intact. Any suggestions?
Drops to half and down to yellow and red on inclines such as ramps.
Pulse charge the batteries but 1st take tops off and top up with distead water then discharge to 9v and charge should egenerate the battery to 80 90%
I have a go go that stays charging (red charging light) for days, never quits now. What does it mean? Scooter works fine, battery dies sooner than normal! Please advise
Batteries are going bad. Time to replace them.
If batteries are 3 years old they should be replaced.
Trying to fix my mom's Pride Maxima. We had the batteries changed and $345 later it's still not charging. The chair works but when I plug in the charger it won't start to charge. I checked the connection a d everything is good and we had it at a shop where he said everything in the mechanics like the tiller was good. Not sure what to do next. Any ideas?
Test the continuity in the charger thru the cable plug. Always be sure that the motor locks are in the drive position BEFORE turning it on.
@@myk602010 Figured out that the fuse for the charger port keeps blowing. So as long as we change the fuse every other time we go to charge it then it is fine. Not sure how to fix the problem permanently though.
@@myk602010 are both batteries wired in series, is the 12volt charger trying to charge a 24 volt pack, verify the specs
The lower the battery charge level the more current it will draw charging. Try to charge before it gets too low.
Oh wow.
That's very interesting and useful, but I am an old partially disable lady , 73 years old. Lol I can't do this ... not even in my dreams. 😣
You can't remove four screws, check 2 fuses, and pick up two 5 pound batteries? Come on Aida, you can do it!
@@Njennings42 "Checking" fuses needs to be done with a multi tester because visual inspection can sometimes show a false OK
i tested it today if batery is complitli emty your charger is not wont to charge but if you have like 7 or 8 v slim charger or scoter scarger starting to charge again
Fuse are in amps 😉
Just got a road knight mini, 3 wheel scooter for my partner. We bought new batteries and the scooter works fine, except it will not charge. Anyone got any ideas. The charger has a single light that is supposed to change from red to green when charged, but just stays on red. Tested the scooter when we got the new battery pack and the scooter itself and the battery work fine.
Good video, But did the scooter start??
Yes
@@Archifx So just hook the deep discharged batteries to a car battery charger and that will work?
Try to hook up a drill battery to it with wires then try to charge it again
thank you. if i had taken mine to the shop they would have charged me 70 pound for a fuse???
Is there a reason why a scooter has 2 battery?,is one for the control panel and circuit and the other for the motor?
Fook Utube No. 2x12 volt batteries =24 volt..scooters need 24 volt to operate..
Two batteries to operate two Motors to go long distances. And some scooters you may have only one motor and still it needs to battery to last longer. The controller uses very little juice.
@@myk602010 2 batteries because they are wired in series and the motor uses 24volts for more powe to move heavier weights,
@@myk602010 what if someone stoled one of your batteries over the winter? (Don't ask) can you run on just one at all? Will it even charge?
Two of them one fifty in canada
you can charge agm batery whit your car you need only start kabels .
Dear Sir,fuses are rated in amps.not volts.
my scooter only can be turned on while it’s charging, i waited hours for it to be fulled but it still won’t turn on. please help
those are not AGM batteries -they are regular run of the mill sealed lead acid. AGM would be a hell of a lot more than $32.
No they aren't
So what do I look for to see if I blew a fuse? How will it look different?
@@RichardM333 Thanks. Turns out I just needed to push the squishy button on the battery. Whew. :)
I owe you an apology! I had said it was stupid to buy new batteries instead of charging the old one with your car charger! LOL! I HADNT LISTENED TO YOUR ENTIRE VIDEO! I went back after not being unable to get mine to charge and heard you say you had tried all that and they still wouldn't take a charge, I did the same and also was unable to get them to charge@ SO AGAIN I APOLOGIZE!🙄😔
It’s all good brother 👍
Try daisy chaining them to some good working cells positive and negative negative positive
Any lead-acid that has been sitting in an uncharged state for a long period will have damaged cells. They even deteriorate over time when charged and discharged perfectly. Ultimately new batteries are needed, but often you can get a bit more life from the old ones, though they won't hold a charge well and will die at some point.
@DR_SOLO don't connect good batteries to old ones. It won't do anything of use for the old ones and may even damage the new ones.
@@leglessinoz while they are the charger should be fine it pulls current thru the batteries, enough for the original charger to read the batteries that's all, not to fully charge them totally.. 😉
hook a 9-volt battery to the post it will charge after
Try to Desulfate the battery and make it like new. Never have to buy a battery again
p;rided are c rp fortress way superior i have had a fortress for over 5 years use it constantly summmer and down to -5c winter, changed tires twi ce $400 incl wheels house visit by tech cause they wore out still same gel battteries, kept in garage when not in use i plug charger in evedry time i retur n to house. charger supplied by manuf. bought it used $350 carrying weight for scooter is 400lbs
Do you mean 5amp fuse? Not 5 volt fuse????
250 to 350 to buy the whole thing
greenyellow red battery state of charge light dpight i0ntlt light up but full charge runs great just no green yellow or red lights on batt condition
Why can't I change the batteries without removing the battery box from the scooter?
Because there are screws from the bottom of the box holding the batteries down. You need to remove them before the batteries will separate from the box
scooter is charged but will not turn on, i I reconnect to charger, it works fine. can you help please.
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If your battery charger is not letting up what to do
I can't go know were
Buy a new charger
Fuses are rated in amps not volts
6v fuse 3v fuse ? You mean Amper yes ?
Yes, fuses are rated by amps.
@@PapillonOne very true!!
5 Amp and 3 amp fuse
Have a golden companion scooter. It comes on but will not go. Green light blinks 3 times then pauses for 2 seconds. Anyone out there help me??
Always be sure that the motor locks are in the drive position BEFORE turning it on.
Hold joystick forward until it beeps the hold joystick back till it beeps ,that should take out of lock mode
Steve Harris thank you thought my chair was broken but I did the joy stick back and forth and it was locked now it works fine thank thank you
I f your battery charger isn't litting
Up what to do
Maurice Trull
Lighting up I think is the term you're trying to use. Make sure the XLR connection from the charger to the joystick is good. And that the cord from the joystick to the battery chord has a good connection also. But you may need a charger. So go on eBay and search Mobility wheelchairs or scooter chargers 24 volt 4 amp charger is pretty good for most chairs. You can get the proper one which may look smaller than the one that comes with a Pride scooter/chair for about $21.
@@myk602010 wait! a 12volt charger may not work because the scooters typically use 2 batteries wired in series i.e. 24 volts , the amp rating will relate to the amount of time charging 2 amps will take doble the time a 4 amp rating i.e. overnight or more. maelo60
@@ismaelmartinez2347 yes the output of these chargers is 24V, I just didn't realize it. What I had in my mind was that if I had the batteries out, I could use a 12V car charger.
where can you get the charger ?
walmart
Ebay
Alternately, write to the manufacturers and ask them why their shit products fail so easily and does it have anything to do with built in obsolescence? They will deny that but if enough of us ask the question they will realise the public is catching on to their damn scams.
InTheNameOfJustice ...ok , let's bring you back to reality for a second. This is NOT a scam. this is the evolution of batteries technology. Lead acid batteries in e-bikes are exactly the same. Never ever empty them !!!!! it says so in the manual for God's sakes !!!! Lithium Ion batteries DO NOT DO THIS and are way way better but they've only really been hitting the market in the last couple years you know. If you buy a cheep affordable model then you will get Lead Acid batteries NOT Lithium Ion. add $700-$1500 or more to a vehicle ya know.
Mine will not stay charged!
Five AMP🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
It five amps not volts!
The scooters old batery that has less voltage then 10.5 volts the original charger will read that low charge less then 10 and half. . then that original charger will not put charge into the bateries . probly a scam of the manufacturing they want you to buy there batteries . i took both of my low chargered dead batteries charged them up with something else higher then the 10 1\2 volts then put baxk in the batery cach . then the original scooters charger then worked & and charged the bateris . when scooter left alone not used not charged up . by siting not used . day after day month after months them bateries will drain all the way down to shit . it whont charge not
It runs a few feet and stops
its not 5 vol fuse, is a 5 amp fuse
5 amp fuse.
Sorry amp not volt fuse.
Research before buying batteries. That brand seems to fail around 6-9 months. That's why they are inexpensive.
They outlived my grandma so...
THE SCOOTER STORE IS TRYIN TO SELL ME 2 BATTERIES FOR 580 OR 2 CHEAPER FOR 380 IS IT WORTH IT ITS AN OLD FORTRESS 1800 1600 SOMETHING
Check with Apex Superstores they're much cheaper.
No! Go to apexsuperstores.com create an account look up your chair and you will get a variety of different batteries for that chair. You'll see 12v 35ah or 55ah batteries. You'll even see 75ah batteries. This is the cheapest place I have found. I've been buying batteries from them for months. Depending on what day you order them you can get them in less than a week.
This does not FIX the batteries, it replaces them. There are plenty of things to try first before just buying a new battery, but none mentioned. Good vid, but "Fix" in the title is unhelpful.
Well the title of the video isn’t “How to fix batteries” it’s “How to fix the scooter” this does fix the scooter. Don’t tell me how to title my videos. Go make your own channel and run it the way you see fit. This video has helped countless folks.
Those batteries are for a 24 nvolt system and your 12 volt battery charger will not do shit to recharge those batteries you need a 24 volt battery charger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But it charged them so good I was able to build a spaceship off of them