My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
My first couple of months I was very pleased with my new XB-500. My town is very flat and 20 mph is just fine with me. On one occassion I rode tandem and it moved along at about 15 mph. Unfortunately it stopped working about a month ago and I have not be able to repair it and I am not even certain what its problem is. Assuming it was the motor I asked for and received a new motor but soon discovered it was made for a different scooter and didn't fit on my XB-500. The owners manual is nearly worthless. I discovered a couple of spare fuses in the tool kit but have not found any fuse box on the scooter as yet. I am slowly removing more and more plastic panels looking for things such as controllers. I am trying to keep track of what wire goes where and may end up with some kind of wiring diagram.
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Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
Hi Scooterman welcome to the forum, definetly look into the controller(s) also (as you mentioned in your blog).
I am new to learning EV's so I apologize ahead of time for any misleading advice :)
I have been working on a project for awhile (with guidance of course)
in fact it is a Honda scooter. Kind of having similar issues to what you are describing,
and for the project that I have, it looks like it might be the controller that's not turning the motor?
I gotta be the one to tear it apart break it down and find out what it is otherwise i'll never understand this!
Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
I have an XB600 which is the bigger xtreme scoot. However, I've seen and ridden the XB500. The first thing I'd check is for those fuses...as you mentioned. I know that with my XB600 there are two...a blade type fuse and the small round type. On the 600 it looks like both fuses are simply "hanging" inline in the wiring running up the wiring harness in the rear. I can see at least one of them by looking in the back by the wheel and where the wires are running up toward the controller. I don't think you'll find a fuse box anywhere. I think they'll just be inline in the wiring harness someplace...like on my XB600.
Have you checked to see if power is going to anything when you turn the scooter on...like lights, horn, etc.? I bet this is going to be something simple unless of course you had some other symptoms you haven't mentioned...like smoke coming from the motor or something serious like that. Otherwise, you probably do just have a blown fuse or one that isn't making connection....a key switch problem...or something like that. Remember, there are really three main components here....controller, motor and batteries. It can't be that complicated.
Need to know more about "when" and "how" the scoot stopped working...the circumstances...and especially if there is power anywhere when the key switch is on...etc.
While I'm not the expert on here I'm sure if you can tell us all more...some of these other guys on here, regardless of the fact that they may not be familiar with the XB500...will have some things for you to check and do to figure this out.
Gushar
Gus
Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
I'd be interested in knowing if the lights & horn work, but just the motor does not - could be the switch on the brake handle broken or not opening/closing right.
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Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
I still haven't received a repkacement motor but I now know a little more about my problem thanks to this group. I found the spade fuse was blown with my multi meter discovered there is a short inside the controller box. I disconnected the power leads to the box and found the lights, horn and such all work vjust fine. I guess I am looking at a new contriller.
Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
Thanks everyone!! I replaced the controller and I am back on the road.
I opened up the broken controller expecting to see something dramatic like charred insulation or melted capacitors but everything looks OK. My multimeter shows a short between the big black wire and all the other big wires. My next task will be to learn what makes these brushless hub motor operate
Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
Bumping topic for AztecFemBone. ( http://visforvoltage.org/forum/3651-replacing-xb500-controller )
This may be a common controller issue on the XB-500.
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Re: My Experience with XB-500 X-Treme
I now know where that green square fuse goes!
:)