It's Not Trash Until You've Checked Everything

All too often, people throw away items that if they only know what was wrong with them, they could possibly get fixed without having to buy a replacement. Several thousand dollars worth of merchandise don't have to end up in the dumps and landfills around the country.

Take for instance electric scooters. There are several common indications that with a new battery, everything would be like new. Take these common occurrences as examples.

1. You charge your scooter and as soon as you get on it and begin to ride it, the power goes away, or it gradually fades. This can be immediate or it can be gradual. But a lot quicker power loss than normal.

2. You charge your scooter and after it is done, you turn it on and there is no power, but you can lift the rear wheel off the ground and the back wheel spins when you turn the throttle. When you put it back on the ground, you get no push from the motor.

These are a couple of common indicators that you need to replace the batteries. But “WAIT”. If you have a multi-battery scooter, more than one battery, you don’t have to replace all the batteries. When this normally occurs, more than ninety-five percent of the time, you will only have to replace one of the batteries. If anyone tell you that you need to replace all the batteries, without checking the batteries themselves, they just want your money.

Batteries for these scooters are not cheap, and dealers can make a killing off selling you a battery. The average cost for these batteries from a dealer will range from thirty-five dollars up to fify-five dollars a piece. So if you have an electric powered scooter that takes three batteries, then by replacing all three batteries, you will be forking out over one-hundred dollars. “SAVE YOUR MONEY”

The first thing you need to do is test each battery separately. Separate each battery and have each one tested individually. A good battery will give you a reading of 13.3 to 14.8 volts. A battery that gives a reading of 10 volts or below is a bad battery and will need to be replaced.

Save your money and find a local “Batteries Plus” or a “1-800-batteries” in your area. These types of batteries are standard stock at these places. Take your bad battery with you and you will save an average of ten to fifteen dollars by purchasing your battery from one of these two places.

All too often do we have s consumer call us up and after we diagnose the problem for them, do they inform us that someone told them that they needed to replace all the batteries. What no one will tell them is that these batteries are on a trickle charge system, which would prevent, in a normal case, all the batteries from going bad. Usually, the culprit is the lead battery in the chain.

Let the truth be told.

M.S. hates hearing about people getting ripped off and from providing sales and service for electric scooters has educated hundreds of consumers about their electric powered scooters and the problems that can arise. Don't get ripped off, before your trash it or if you decide on a new scooter, contact 813-333-1176 for more information


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