What most of us 'don’t know', is that the ‘kill switch’ continues to run our batteries down, even when the key if off. The kill switch is like an “ON” switch. What no one told us was we need to shut it off each time we walk away from our scooters. We all assume that if our scooter starts right up again, the battery must be fully charged and we haven't drained the battery at all. That is not true. Be sure to turn off your 'kill switch' every time you shut off the scooter. The 'kill' switch is the button that if it is not 'on', the scooter won't start. It is also the button to turn off if our scooter is revving high on it's own, and we need to kill the engine - we hit the kill switch. For most Scooters, it is the top button on the right hand side of the scooter.


The other big secret is no one ever told us that Scooters are not like cars. Scooters don’t recharge the batteries on their own. When our car is dead, we give each other a jump. We let our cars run for 20 minutes and it recharges the battery – all is well. What we have all assumed is that Scooters are the same way, but they are not. If we have a half charged battery, it remains half charged for about 3 months, then dies one day. Then we are all off to the Scooter repair shop to buy our 2nd or 3rd battery for the year. Frustrating, isn’t it?

Want the solution? It’s easy; just shut off the kill switch. So simply tell yourself when you stop your scooter, we have to do two things, not one. We have to shut it off AND hit the kill switch. That will shut off the battery and stop the slow draining that continues to haunt all of us.

Happy Scooting.


Mark Kemp

 

Mark Kemp is the Parts Manager for www.ScooterStock.com, in Orem, Utah. They specialize in parts and High Performance Upgrades for most Chinese Brands. They have “Bounty Hunter” program; meaning they specialize in finding the hard-to-find parts, especially body parts for out-of-business Scooter Companies. Mark can be contacted through mark@scooterstock.com or 866-615-8503.