To get a mobility scooter through Medicare you have to have your doctor sign a prescription and state that you need a mobility scooter.
Before your doctor will sign off on that you need a mobility scooter they will have to set up an appointment with you and assess your situation.
The doctor can then submit the needed paperwork to Medicare to get them to approve for and pay for a mobility scooter for you.
The mobility scooters that are covered under Medicare include.
Go-Go Elite Traveller Power Scooter. The Go-Go Elite Traveller is a power scooter Medicare covers.
Maxima Power Scooter Medicare Covered. The Maxima 4-Wheel Scooter is one of the other optional power scooters covered by Medicare. ...
Victory® 9.2. Power Scooter.
You can also get a free mobility scooter through the VA if you're a Veteran and are disabled enough to need a mobility scooter.
The cost to charge your mobility scooter depends on your electric rates.
However for a low capacity mobility scooter it typically costs 19 cents to 5 cents per charge or for a higher capacity mobility scooter it may cost 20 cents to 45 cents per charge depending on your electric rates.
Charging a mobility scooter should only added a few dollars or at most $5.00 to $10.00 per month to your electric bill.
Your mobility scooter battery can drain faster than normal during extreme heat or extreme cold or when you use the mobility scooter on rough or bumpy roads.
Also frequent starts, climbs and stops can cause the mobility scooter battery to drain faster than it normally should.
Another cause of a mobility scooter battery draining fast is due to age of the battery.
As the mobility scooter battery gets older it looses it's ability to hold a charge long enough.
You can leave a mobility scooter on charge for up to 24 hours and after that it should be unplugged.
Overcharging the mobility scooters batteries can damage them.
The mobility scooter that has the longest battery life is the EW-36 by Ewheels.
The EW-36 Ewheels mobility scooter is powered by 4 12 volt 20 amp hour batteries that combines it to make 48 volts.
The red light flashing on your mobility scooter means that the battery is accepting the charge and is properly charging.
Solid red light usually means that the battery is fully charged on the mobility scooter although some may have a green light that shows the battery is fully charged depending on your mobility scooter.
Gogo scooters or Go Go scooters are made by Pride Mobility in the USA.
It is legal to ride a mobility scooter on pavement as long as you follow all traffic laws and watch out for traffic and ride with the flow of traffic.
Don't ride your mobility scooter on high traffic roads and try staying on the side of the road or ride on sidewalks when allowed or on bike lanes.
You can park your mobility scooter on the side of the road as long as your local laws allow it.
Not all places allow mobility scooters to be parked on roads although you can park your mobility scooter in a car parking spot such as at a store.
The Pride Go-Go mobility scooter takes a size SP12-12HR (12 V 12 AH) battery.
A Go Go mobility scooter battery lasts up to 12 months although some can last up to 18 months depending on how much you use the Go Go Scooter.
After 12 to 18 months it's best to replace the mobility scooter battery.
If the Go Go scooter is really low on charge then it takes up to 14 hours to fully charge the Go Go scooter batteries.
If the Go Go Scooter is only half drained on the battery then it takes around 8 hours.
Make sure you charge the Go Go scooter battery all the way as undercharging can shorten the life of the scooters batteries.
The weight of a Go-Go mobility scooter is 129 lbs with 100 lbs of the weight being the scooter itself and the other 29 lbs being the mobility scooters batteries.
5 beeps on a Gogo scooter means that you have a solenoid brake trip.
When your Go Go scooter beeps 5 times then the solenoid brake trip has occurred.
To fix the solenoid brake trip on your Go Go scooter remove the key and push the manual freewheel lever to the drive position.
6 beeps on a Gogo scooter means that you have a throttle trip.
When this occurs and you hear the 3 beeps on your Gogo scooter the throttle lever was pressed while turning on the scooter.
To fix this and stop the 6 beeps on your Gogo scooter Turn the key off.
Remove your hands from the tiller.
Turn the scooter on.
These beeps are not catastrophic; rather, they are simple reminders to ensure the travel mobility scooter maintains its impressive ability to perform.
If your Gogo scooter starts beeping after holding the throttle down for a few seconds it is likely that cruise control is turned on.
Cruise control is a P1 setting and can be turned on and off through display menu.
If Cruise control is on then the scooter will maintain its current speed after you release the throttle.