uk.people.disability

Scot Borders. It's not a regular fault. Didn't do it all yesterday
when i went to surgery. I'm going to get seat off and battery leads
checked at wekend see if there is anything obvious. No beeping, lights
and indicators don't dim at all.

T

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:21:19 -0800 (PST), goactivemobility
wrote:

>Hi it sounds exactly the dirty contacts problem. it should cost no
>more than 20 gbp to clean or foc if you find a nice enough scooter
>repairer.
>we always have this type of problem or one where the full charge from
>the battery is intermittant due to dirty contact points. let me know
>if your still struggling.
>what part of the country are you in ??
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>On 26 Feb, 13:32, Mike wrote:
>> Responding to Temprance...
>>
>> > I don't wish to have to spend a lot of money which I have not enough
>> > of so can anybody give me their thoughts on what is wrong with my
>> > Mercury M48 Scooter. I've got a glitch where all of a sudden it slows
>> > right down and then picks up again. A bit scary as I don't want to be
>> > stuck somewhere. It did it today and about 40 seconds before the power
>> > came back.  According to my manual it should beep at me when something
>> > is not working but so far it has remained silent.
>>
>> > temprance
>>
>> A classic problem with speed controllers is that they get worn and/or
>> dirty contacts, meaning that there are "spots" where they can
>> suddenly hit full or zero. As warning functions are not being
>> triggered by the unit,I'd tend to suspect this could be the problem,
>> as the controler won't see it as a fault, just a full or zero
>> "instruction" from a controller that needs attention/replacing.
>>
>> This kind of problem often occurs on items that regularly come from
>> outdoors into a warm environment where damp can settle on the inside
>> parts of the controller (twistgrip. thumb-lever. etc) and create a
>> sticky dusty coating on the parts that need to be clean and dry. (Old
>> stereos suffer the same thing with the volume control.)
>>
>> Hope you get something sorted out soon.
>>
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