Batteries And Battery Charger; Charging - Shoprider Mobility Owner's Manual

Batteries & Battery Chargers
All Shoprider® scooters require two maintenance free, sealed lead acid batteries or gel batteries. Battery performance can
be affected by temperature, terrain, condition of battery, the weight of the user, etc. The battery level indicator/gauge is only a
guide and is most effective when the scooter is being driven, only then is the true battery discharge level displayed.
Batteries life is not specific due to a number of reasons however Shoprider® encourages that the scooter be placed on
charge every night. This should give optimum battery life and performance.
Battery Charger
Batteries required for your scooter are specially designed. All Shoprider® scooters require a Shoprider® automatic battery
charger. These chargers have an electronic switch that will terminate the charge when the batteries are fully charged. It is very
important that you do not run the batteries completely flat this will impact on the battery life, performance and may Damage
the scooters electrics.
Shoprider® recommends that only Genuine Shoprider® Chargers be used to recharge the batteries in your scooter.
Please contact your authorised Shoprider® provider for assistance.

Charging

Charge the batteries completely (12 to 16 hours) prior to first time use.
Prior to charging please ensure the key is turned off and removed from the scooter.
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Connect the plug lead (Refer FIGURE 14) into the battery-charging socket (Refer FIGURE 15) on the scooter tiller.
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Ensure the wall socket is turned off then insert the 3-prong A/C plug into the wall socket and switch "ON".
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Turn the charger on as shown on FIGURE 16 (Please ensure the voltage on the charger is set to 230volt not
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120volt as this will destroy the charger).
Once the charger has been turned on the following lights will appear.
The charger has two lights. The red light when constant shows the battery charger is connected, if the red light flashes; there is
a break in the connection. The battery charger has two lights. The red light shows the battery charger is connected and has
power (switched on). The second light will show a gold light while charging and a green light when the charging is complete.
The charging time will vary on how long the scooter has been used for prior to charging however typically this should take
6-10 hours.
Your Shoprider® charger is fitted with "Standby Mode" which ensures that you can not over charge your batteries.
Removing from Charge
Turn the charger off as shown on FIGURE 16.
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Turn the wall socket off then remove the 3-prong A/C plug from the wall socket.
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Remove the plug lead from the battery-charging socket (Refer FIGURE 14) on the scooter tiller.
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