Can you use a car battery on a mobility scooter?

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asked Oct 23, 2022 in Other-Cars/Transportation by 55marcy (860 points)
Can you use a car battery on a mobility scooter?

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answered Oct 24, 2022 by Gangass (12,870 points)
You cannot use a car battery on a mobility scooter as they are not meant to be drained and recharged constantly.

If you used a car battery on a mobility scooter it would move the mobility scooter for awhile but it would not go for too long.

You need a deep cycle battery for your mobility scooter to work properly.

A marine or RV deep cycle battery could be used on a mobility scooter as they are meant to be drained and recharged constantly.

To make a mobility scooter go faster you can remove the speed limiter, upgrade the battery, eliminate things that are not used to reduce weight, change sprockets, replace tires or rewind the motor to increase the speed.

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.

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