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How can I soup-up an electric Razor Scooter? Double the voltage? Different Batteries? Lithium polymer? One of my friends recently gave me his old e300 type razor scooter. He told me it was fried and that he was going to pitch it. Well i figured if I just poked around I could get it working again. I popped off the cover and found two 12 volt razor scooter batteries wired through a box(I think it's the computer) to the motor and throttle switch. Messing with it some more I came to the conclusion that the box (Computer?) was fried. So I cut the batteries free from the box, the motor and the throttle and rigged it my own way. The batteries are now wired directly to the motor with on and off switch. It works pretty good. My question is: How can I make it go faster? Triple the voltage to 36?? Buy some lithium polymer batteries? Would three of these work? Wired together they should make the voltage 33.3 right? More voltage = more speed? Any kind of help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

grb replied: "If you do that you will definitely fry that motor. There should be a sticker or plate on the motor with voltage, amp, requirements, stick close to that."

SURVEY: How many months, years, did your electric bike's or electric scooter's BATTERY last? Own electric bikes or electric scooters (under 750 watts only)? If so, how many miles (kilometers) did you get out of a set of batteries before you had to buy replacements? Also, what TYPE (sealed lead acid, NiMH, Lithium Ion) was it? One electric bicycle retailer claims that ebike owners get 3 years from a battery pack. Is this true? I've heard from two large electric motorcycle (60V) owners who alleged that they got only 600 kms. use out of their batteries. Also, has anybody rejuvenated their electric bike or scooter batteries, like this electric pickup truck? (link below)>
AviationMetalSmith replied: "I have a Giant Lafree Sport and it is a 24 volt lead-acid battery. I have about a year and a half on the batteries. I have been riding a regular bike more lately, because the range was only about 14 miles. I can go 20 miles on a non-electric bike. I have to give the e-bike credit- It's like having a tandem with a cycling coach in the back seat. The lafree e-bike taught me to pace myself, as the motor cuts out at 20 mph, I learned how not to waste my energy pushing against wind-resistance."

Rockies VM replied: "I have had and worked on quite a few ebikes, and can tell you that when it comes to SLA packs, the use, care and charger have a lot to do with lifetime. If you understand SLA's, treat them well, use a good charger, and dont discharge to deeply, you may get 700 plus trips. most "trips" 5- 10 miles. However, if you discharge them till almost dead, leave them discharged in a hot garage, use a cheap charger that under or over charges, you may find that you get only 150 charges. It also depends on whether you purchased quality fresh batteries. I am now using NIMH and have for about 2 years. None of my batteries or my users have had One Failure. Key here is to keep your NIMH packs from getting hot. Use a cheap remote read digital thermometer from Xmart. Keep the temp below 110F. Packs want to heat up during heavy loads, during charging, or on summer days in black insulated enclosures. Do what ever it takes to keep the pack from getting too hot- ventilation, wet paper towels, sheilding from the sun, fans, etc. you will get LOTS of extra cycles out of them. If a NIMH cells goes bad, a good tech can swap one out of most packs. I am not yet using any Lithium packs, waiting for prices to go down and safety to go up. Should be soon on Lith Iron Phosphate. (A123) There have been very good reports of the Vancouver SLA rejuvination program, but I am not familiar with the details."

Are there any Li-ION (lithium ion) standup electric scooters? I see that Razor makes an electric line, but they all use SLA (sealed lead acid) batteries. Are there any manufacturers making li-ion? I don't want to blow my money on a battery i'll just have to toss in a year.... Right - but if I'm also paying 3 times as much for the convenience of not replacing a wearable part 3 times as often! Anyone know of someone who sells or has modded their E200 Razor to run on Li-Ion? That looks like a great collection of articles nolore - don't have the time to read it now, but when I do it looks like it might be just what i need to get started on my own modding project. Thanks!

Dana1981, Master of Science replied: "Not that I'm aware of, but you should keep in mind that lithium ion batteries are much more expensive than SLAs. Lithium ion batteries last about 3 times longer, but also cost about 3 times more, so in the end it's a wash. You're also assuming that you'll still be riding the same scooter 3 years from now."

norlore replied: "No answer for ya, but interesting (maybe) site "

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