The Scout is a light-duty, budget priced scooter that's perfect for use shopping, sporting events, theme parks and other venues where the need is for "stop and go" riding and with varying speed. It runs great on tile, carpet, asphalt, pea-sized or smaller gravel and smooth, unbroken concrete. The Scout is not meant as a substitute for a car and used to travel from home to shopping, to carry groceries, etc.
When operated continuously at maximum speed over long distances or excessively rough surfaces, and/or with a weight load that approaches or exceeds the weight capacity of the scooter, the circuit breaker located on the front of the battery pack will trip or in extreme cases, a 40amp fuse that's inside the battery pack will blow and need to be replaced.
Situations most likely to trip the circuit breaker are some combination of the following:
1. Attempting to climb an incline that is steeper than a wheelchair ramp
and/or
2. Exceeding the recommended 85% of max weight capacity for the Scout. The Scout is rated at 300 lbs. So loading the scooter beyond 255 lbs can cause this.
and/or
3. Operating the scooter at maximum speed for an extended period of time.
and/or
4. Operating the scooter on cracked and uneven city sidewalks.
It can also happen that the load placed on the battery or motor while high, is not quite high enough to trip the circuit breaker. But in those cases, the connections between the battery pack and the scooter can get warm enough to soften the plastic battery case:
Depending on the severity of the damage, the battery pack may still be usable. It might be necessary to bend the springy contacts on the scooter upwards a bit so it makes contact with the connector.
To guard against issues like this, regularly inspect the battery pack especially as with any mechanical device being operated at or near its capabilities, If that area of the battery pack is warm to the touch, adjust your use of the scooter accordingly.
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