Vectrix

i have my new 2007 vectrix what i didnt charge for 6 months and now are dead.Black screen ,I can not recharge , when i plug in I can heare some clic noise , but nothig else...i am not eable to recharge the scooter.
I call a vectrix service and somebody told me i need to reset the vectrix to be able to make the charge system work.
I need some help if anyone can tell me what i need to do...
Thanks

Hi guys i am trying to work out the best way forward....

As to making the best but not nessasery the most expencive pack .

But i know what you thinking one cancels out the other..

Well reall what i am conciddering is a life po4 cell .?

Am i right in saying that the cell pack size i/e amp ah 60 + is more efficent than lets say use have the ampage two x30..?

Because there is less trermanals inthe bigger cells therefor less waste of accsesive materails x weight .???

And also power draw is lot slower.?

or am i wrong as with these cells there are lot more coponents but there are hidden ..

As i want to build the ultimate cell pack that mimics the human body in the way of how the body breaks down carbs .
in the body i/e loads of energy in a small amount of compacted space and uses every nutrient efficeltley....

then releases very slowley ...

is it do able ..?????????
kev

ps also intresting website www.yesa.com.hk/

thanks.

HI ALL I HAVE JUST THOUGHT OF A BRILLIANT IDEA WE WILL BUILD OUR OWN ELECTRIC SCOOTER .
all i have had some fab idears about electric scooter material used !!
also this is think outside the box i can feel patentes comming on.??
well i have the idear's we have the electronics experts out there you no who you are !! also we no bike manafactures.
and we know battery companys ..do you know what really we have it all..
LET ME KNOW what you all think rodney this time next year we could be millionaires..!!
well am not botherd about been wealthy.
but to know that i have hade some input in worlds first long rang scooter yehh 150 miles ++
kev

We are getting ever so close to lithium ion been fitted in our, Beloved vectrix scooters..
well its a start and sound good .
and think its on the horizon. well before the end of 2010..
but what do people think about all the litritchure cast.
aroud and official site showing real ?? typical driving/ riding speeds.
to attain to these vastley blown out of proporhanal range test baaaaa.
wel, its really a moving target i know but to me seems total range of the great vectrix is/ has been really well under played and to me
think that reall the tests should of been realy reality and .transparent as to most of the people that have bought these great scooters .
have a real passion/love for these vehicals and really know alot to begin with . in way of been efficent / or really doing there best to help
the course of just been carfull well like me with mony/ passion /love for ev and are very intreged with the whole tecnologhy of it all
i think i could be i little on the geek side well im not botherd but i have had a love for batterys most/all of my life
really think that we take it for granted the battery.
.but why o why have these scooters been given the range on paper and as most of us know that is unachevable?
well for me 65miles range on paper at 25 mph is dangerous and at best unachevable ...
i think from 18 miles range hard riding with regen...
to 44 miles thats riding with a glass slipper and with a nune at the helm or if you like
her incharge.. and really the pack would of gone way beoned whats it intended for i/e well flat batterys..
SO i say lets why not strip out these babys back to basick and get some latest technology in them
as we wan't 100 + miles RANGE..
well there are some good thing out there that i have seen latley and some companys need pating on the back for doing this
as a company on ebay are selling 4000 watts scooter 64volts 60 ah lithium cells. with latest lcd bms kit fitted
with top speed think it is slectable .60 mph.... 85 miles range per charge..
hey these more??????? 60 miles range with light on and with full throttle ...
and really with normal riding can achive 105 RANGE with regen yes you heard me 105 THATS RIGHT RANGE .......
so the company are saying the avrage costamers are getting 85 miles range now to me .
thats transparent but would like to try for myself these claimes but i am shure these are correct..
elecscoot Ltd
based in consett, co durham, united kingdom
thanks kev

hi all just went out on my vectrix today after been off work on winter holidays well not been / had to use the v so making shore its charge up once a week as its kept
outside and just lately its been - zero very very cold
as you probably know i managed to fix my wheel-bearing problem with two good replacement fag bearing these are one of the best on the market .
well. just come to the scooter today as i didn't really want to run about as there is frost every where and some black ice well its england..
i had run around anyhow , when turning on vectrix noticed that the two red light started to flash that the sensor red and the battery light red
well i was worried and thought do as i would normally do in daylight knock off the main-dip light that holding the flash switch in for apron 10/15 seconds two beeps later and just the led light is on good no extra voltage wastage hear..
well the flashing lights didn't really worry me after a little thought cos i took it easy for the first few 100 yards and eased the rear regen on few times so on and so forth really been wasteful with the regen/ also accelerating on and off was doing this to generate some heat the system as the temp gauge said
60c well if you believe that ha ha eh on mars.............
what it meant was very very cold good guess eh .
well this was done carefully heating up the systems and out wen't the red light hey presto ......
if you try this its on your mind to do so as i am no expert as thought not all of us out there have a three car garage am not among it at the yanks....................he he
am a british northern boy with an excellent frozen toy with just a thin cover it from the elements
soon i will spoil her to a garage next year hopefully .
hope this has helped some .kev

Hi
all. been having slight consern's as been having slight noise from front of scooter .
But really put it down to scooter normal or loose plastic .
As from previus blogs .and handle bar wobble was normal ??.
having slight noise from front of scooter .
Sounded like plastic mud guard was little loose so check all around mud guard and thought some thing was caught .
nothing seems loose so. after another few months hering this sound on and off
Again. do the same again so thought the front wheel calliper was loose .
no all seems to be ok few months later things are getting worse now getting wheel wobble this morning as i was taking my son on the back to work .
i said to him that this has got to be the wheelbearing and sure enough looking at the front wheel ( the oposite side to the wheel caliper ) the wheelbearing housing
shroud. had come away from inside
wheel and thought that the wheel was burnt black around where the bearing housing is but no its all the black gunk thrown out of the hole grease and was cool to tuch so i have had to limp home help please..............
Has any one had similar problems very / suprised as my vectrix has only done 4750 MILES and
age is aprox 17 months old hope its coverd under warranty..
as i know that the weight of these scooter is alot but suprised the wheel bearing only lasted this long .
kev .
ps i know i was going to loose some weight next year 2010
but didn't expect to down my trainers and walk to work so soon 3 hours each way + 10 hours working days me thinks am gonna be knackerd all time .
or out come the old push bike comments appreciated
thanks kev

hi all just been wondering. about the temperature display .
on the vectrix and wondering if we could devise something that would keep the temperature display showing all the time ??
as don't really know why it is not as the more info the better in my books.
as the cost of the replacment batteries are so so expencive that i don't know why it hasn't been thought of before..??????????????????????
and we could keep a constant eye on whats going on . as i don't really like to stop regularly to check this .
i have been ( told ) that there is a dangerous way to check while on the move..only takes a few seconds to do
but involvs freewheeling for a while..
anyhow don't want to buy a after market temperature gauge .
any idears and thought guy's thanks kev.

hi all be wondering if we are to be trully eco guys the me must look out side the box...
we been wondering about my beloved vectrix at the end of the charge cycle i/e when scooter is fully charged.
i find that i have to open the front door i let pressures heat out and for unpluging it in wasted energy when i go out ..
as to comming in as well .. well i have had few plug in timers but these dont last as little on the cheap side and really fiddley too..
and its like having a cat go out at night and come back in ..like you do when you have a cat wait up to put the cat out ..
well i would like an end to all that .!!! i have just puchased a easy to fit metor reader like an electric monitor ....ITS A MUST FOR US ALL...
you can see what electric is been used and how long how much etc etc .
well any how i would like to know if my vectrix uses / wastes electric after been charged/ still trickels electric to the scooter well
carn't i buy somthing thats like a plug that knowes that when the scooter reaches lets say 50 watts only usage the plug knowes .and autmatically
knocks off .as i have bought the latest lg washeing machine its brill it steems and it has a super quick wash and is hub mounted and super quiet and uses a fraction of the water .
its AAA++AND wait for it after its done its thing yeh it washers it shuts down i/e doesn't use use a drop of electric
well we need that in the vectrix please HELP .kev

hi all i read some blogs some wile ago to do with sticking regen breaks or throttle sticking open a little .
well 1st probblem is the rubber grips they are a little on the rubbery side but for me not too much of a probblem
if i know about it in the first place well what tends to happen is while gripping the throttle the mushroom side inner you tend to squeeze
this and and there for it been very rubbery it tends to move inwards 2 to 8 millimeters is
enough to make it rub aganst the .fixed pice of plastic that the red kill switch is on there for making the scooter not free wheel
when throttle released or potentially may be even make the throttle stick on a little..??
and most recentally found probblem but easily resolved in seconds..

you tend to .
and i have had this probblem but it can be two things ........

1... probblem with throttle sticking or not throttle not smooth to return to neutral position ...????????
quick fix make shure throttle has a nice gap between throttle grip plastic housing that the red switch is on ....

2... when going on any journey or just or trip to the shops .
make shure you don't rush the start up procedure as found that can confuse the scooter sync start up procedure .
and what can happen is the normal neutral position is shifted a fraction .
but with this probblem what tends to happen is when relesing the throttle the regen kicks in slightley
and therefore no free wheeling at all ........

3.. so to resolve this simple make shure side stand is up. . a . flick red switch if not already done so on towards yourself
.. b . squeeze left break lever for aprox 1 to two seconds ( ready ) sign will show constantly.
then on the third second while the left lever is still squeezed . c . squeeze the right break lever for 1 second and the big ( GO ) sign will show
an there you have it . all in it takes aprox 4/5 seconds done correct..
hope this helps ..kev

i have been noticing with the scooter. is however i charge it the temp doesn't moove from 19c to to 28c..........
at the moment with extended cooling but . the average temp in england at the moment has been between
19c and 25c .ish
and whats been notisable i have done today 29miles load of really steep long hills versus traffic conditions all mixed bag but
if i do any regen i have been very gentle as juast slight movments as not to spoile the kenetik movment of the forward thrust i/e slight deeacseliration.
but there is a knack to it .anyhow i was just about half way through the batteries half full.
so to sum it up my calculations is 19c to 25c ambiant temp = vectrix scooter range extended by aprox 7 to 18 miles.
thanks kev