| A customer comes in and says "I'm looking for a 12 | | | | manufacturers had to find a way to get more out of |
| volt scooter". The first question I ask is, "who is this | | | | their electric powered scooters. An overnight sensation |
| scooter for?" If it is for anyone older than say, six, then | | | | was the advent of the 24 volt system. Originally it was |
| I need to explain a few things so that they understand | | | | a single 24 volt battery, but The 24 volt battery was a |
| what they are asking for. What's in a volt and what | | | | bit large and cumbersome. Now a days, your 24 volt |
| role do they play with your electric scooters? | | | | system consists of a dual pair of 12 volt batteries |
| By definition, a volt is The International System unit of | | | | chained together. This is known as a trickle charge |
| electric potential and electromotive force, equal to the | | | | system. |
| difference of electric potential between two points on | | | | A trickle-charge system where two or more 12 volt |
| a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one | | | | batteries are simultaneously connected and then the |
| ampere when the power dissipated between the | | | | whole system runs the engine, as well as any other |
| points is one watt. According to the "American | | | | add-ons that you have on your electric powered |
| Heritage Dictionary " . | | | | scooter. Each battery in the set gives off a little |
| What we dealers look at is how much power the | | | | voltage at a time, and charges the same way. The |
| battery system will supply to get the job done | | | | best thing about the trickle charge system, in our |
| efficiently. | | | | opinion, is that if a battery goes bad, you don't have to |
| Electric Scooters used to be based on a single 12 volt | | | | replace all of them. 99.9% of the time, you only need |
| system, (One 12 volt battery). That was simple, and | | | | to replace one. If anyone tells you that you need to |
| was consistent throughout the industry. Over the | | | | replace all of them, they just want your money. |
| years, electric powered scooters have evolve into 24 | | | | The traditional electric powered scooter that has all the |
| volt, 36 volt and even 48 volt systems. Much more to | | | | extras will be either a 24 volt system or for the heavy |
| choose from and much more variety have come | | | | duty and longer lasting electric scooters, you will get a |
| about. | | | | much better setup with a 36 volt system. |
| The amount of total voltage does play an integral role | | | | The higher voltage systems provide more power to |
| in which scooter your should purchase. The amount of | | | | carry more weight farther. With a 24 volt system, your |
| voltage, combined with the number of watts your | | | | average electric powered scooter can travel for |
| motor is will determine how far, how fast and how | | | | about ten to fifteen miles; if you're lucky. The 36 volt |
| much weight your scooter can carry without dieing out | | | | systems have been able to reach as far as |
| or burning up. | | | | twenty-five to even thirty miles on a single charge. |
| The traditional 12 volt system. Now-a-days, the small | | | | There are some 48 volt systems out there that can |
| kids electric scooters are single twelve volt systems. | | | | travel up to thirty-five miles on a single charge, by |
| As you increase in wattage, that is how many watts | | | | those are few. |
| of power that is generated by your electric scooter | | | | As you can see, voltage does make a difference |
| engine, the more juice that is required to power that | | | | when you are talking about the actual distance and the |
| engine more efficiently. | | | | distance that your electric scooter will take you before |
| As with all things, the need for speed kicked in and the | | | | needing more juice. |