Tony Wright Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I have a Flex Tech Eco flash 2000 Electric Scooter that has been in the garage for nearly three months now. Decided to get it out today and give it a run, it came straight on and had full charge but was very hesitant and would not accelerate past 20kph. It kept stuttering at that speed for the first 600 mtr's then all of a sudden fully accelerated up to it's normal 45kph and ran fine after that. Any electricians give me a heads up? Going to strip down the panels and have a look at the motor, presently thinking about a dodgy capacitor or contact switch but not very good with electrics. Edited by - Tony wright on 31 Dec 2012 15:07:07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted December 31, 2012 Member Share Posted December 31, 2012 Sounds like a controller or controller switch (as you suggest) or a bad contact that has gone good with a bit of warmth or vibration. I'd have a fiddle with the controller, and clean and reconnect any contacts to the controller, the battery and the motor that are easy to get at and do. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Didn't get anywhere with the cleaning as it's a bit confusing in there. 😳 Pulled apart quite a few connectors to make sure they have a tight fit and cleaned as much as I could but all to no avail ☹️ Anyway the battery is at full charge and the scooter runs up to full speed when it's on the centre stand. As soon as you drop it onto it's rear wheel, or worse still sit on it, it just stutters and won't go at all. Could the battery be at fault as it only seems to effect the scooter under load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Could the brushes need cleaning 🤔 , probably not too easy to test but can you rig a multimeter to check battery voltage under load, I guess you have check electrolyte levels and usual stuff like cleaning battery connectors you say full charge, have you any measurements for off and on load voltages at battery Tim Edited by - tbird on 2 Jan 2013 17:27:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 No checks yet, going to get my mate round with his meter. Stupid thing is after stripping it all down to get to internals I re assembled to test, now I have to strip it all over again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I reckon it's the extra weight Christmas has given you. Is this really what you replaced the Caterham with? 😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hey, it's a brilliant bit of kit, use it all the time throughout the Summer getting to and from the golf course (when it works that is ☹️) I won it on a works draw so not bad for nothing 😬 See you tomorrow you missed a good evening loads of us practising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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