Connecting the batteries and getting Pride Pursuit 2 scooters delivered prior to 4/15/24 ready to ride

This article pertains to Pride Pursuit scooters delivered prior to about April 15, 2024

Introduction

The Pride Pursuit 2 scooter comes in a one battery and two battery configuration. The batteries do not come wired so this article explains how to get each of these configurations ready to ride. Additionally, the lithium ion batteries that come with the Pursuit 2 are delivered in a "sleep mode" and must be woken up before first time use. 

XLR Cable

In addition to the usual power cables with red/black ring connectors that fasten to the battery and the other end that plugs into the scooter, the Pursuit comes with a cable that has a 4 pin XLR connector at one end and a 5 pin XLR connector at the other end. This cable is required only when the Pursuit is configured with two batteries. If your Pursuit has only one battery, put this cable in a safe place in the event a second battery is added later. (Not that some Pursuits also include a second cable with an XLR connector on one and and bare wires at the other end. This cable is not needed at all and may be discarded)

Pursuit 2's with single battery configuration

At the present time, the owner's manual included with the Pursuit 2 is vague about how to connect one battery to the scooter. Follow these instructions instead:

1. If one was included with your scooter, set aside the XLR cable with the 4/5 pin connectors for future use. It will not be needed right now. 
2. Locate the battery lead cable with red/black ring connectors at one end and a plug-in connector at the other end. Using the supplied bolts, fasten the red connector to the + connector of the battery and the black connector of that same lead cable to the - connector on the same battery. Do not plug the battery cable into the scooter yet. 
3. WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE SCOOTER, plug the other end of each battery into the scooter. 
4. WITH THE KEY STILL REMOVED FROM THE SCOOTER, plug the battery charger into the scooter. DO NOT PLUG THE CHARGER INTO THE WALL.
5. After 20 seconds, plug the charger into the wall. The power light on the battery charger should illuminate and the charge indicator on the charger should glow red. 
6. Once the battery is fully charged, the charge indicator on the charger will glow green. 
7. Disconnect the charger from the scooter and the wall and you may insert the key to power up the scooter. 
8. Your scooter is now ready to use. 

Pursuit 2's with the two battery configuration

If you would like to refer to the owners manual page 32, consider only the illustration in the lower right corner of the page labeled as "MODEL 7132 ONLY"

1. Locate the XLR cable that has 4 pins at one end and 5 at the other end. Plug the four pin end into one of the sockets on one of the batteries that's labeled with a 4. It does not matter which you choose.
2. Plug the five pin end of the cable into the socket labeled 5 on the other battery. One connector on each battery will remain empty. 
3. You'll also have two battery lead cables with ring connectors at one end and a plug-in connector at the other. Using the supplied bolts, fasten the red connector to the + connector of one of the batteries and the black connector of that same lead cable to the - connector on the same battery. Do not plug the other end of the cables into the scooter yet. 
4. Do the same with the other battery lead cable and the other battery. 
5. WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE SCOOTER, plug the other end of each battery into the scooter. 
6. WITH THE KEY STILL REMOVED FROM THE SCOOTER, plug the battery charger into the scooter. DO NOT PLUG THE CHARGER INTO THE WALL.
7. After 20 seconds, plug the charger into the wall. The power light on the battery charger should illuminate and the charge indicator on the charger should glow red. 
8. Once the batteries are fully charged, the charge indicator on the charger will glow green. 
9. Disconnect the charger from the scooter and the wall and you may insert the key to power up the scooter. 
10. Your scooter is now ready for use.