Troubleshooting Procedures on ION-150 BEFORE RETURNING UNITS TO THE STORE, PLEASE KINDLY CHECK THE FOLLOWING: 1. Check to make sure that the front wheel rotates freely and rear wheel rotates with little resistance when push by hand. 2. Check the tightness of the belt – refer to the end of this guide for checking belt tightness. If you have problem push start the unit initially or after the first run, begin by checking throttle as shown in page 5.
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Faulty Control Board Replace Control Board Unit run a short range Faulty Battery Individual battery reading should be around 12.6 or above after fully charged. Replace the entire set of battery if voltage is below 10.5V. The polarity difference between the two batteries should not be more than 0.3V Tight Belt - If the belt is adjusted too tight, it Loose up the belt, see check belt tightness...
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Check Charger ION 150 comes with 100-130VAC 50/60Hz 0.2A input, 29V/1A output charger as shown. With the voltmeter set to read DC voltage and have the probes place on top of the charger plug as shown, you should get a reading of ~ 27 ± 10V. If you get ~ 0 V reading, then the charger is bad.
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Check Charger Base Place red probe on the charger pot and the black probe to the charger connector (black wire) as shown, the reading should be ~ 0.2 Ω. Do the same checking to the same connector (red wire), the reading should be over 1 kΩ. If open circuit (OL) is detected, the charger base is bad.
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Check Throttle cable 1. Disconnect the throttle cable from the controller and place a flat head screw driver or any metal piece in between the connectors of the throttle cable (controller side), then push to turn the rear wheel towards the front as shown. If the unit starts to run with an initial push and will stop when the screw drive is pulled out, then the throttle cable (Part No.
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Check brake cable Unplug the brake male connector from the female connector on the Controller Board, place the probes on contacts as shown and with Ω select from the voltmeter. The meter should read OL (open circuit) when brake is off and should read ~ 0.5 - 1 Ω with the brake lever fully depressed.
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Check belt tightness 1. Raise the rear wheel and clamp the amp-meter on the red battery cable as shown, then depress throttle lever and turn the rear wheel to start the scooter. Make sure that you measure the DC current (not AC ~ ), the reading would prefer to be around 1.9 – 2.3 A.
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2. Visually inspecting the tightness of the belt by grabing the belt with your fingers in between the rear sprocket and the motor and twist it over so that the belt is vertical. If the belt is twisted to and pass the vertical direction, it is set too loose. Otherwise, it is too tight if you can’t even twist it to 45°...
Check Motor Make sure you raise the rear wheel and keep things away from it before performing the motor check as shown below. Then connect the motor cable connector (female) directly onto the battery connector (male) as shown and the motor should start immediately. Motor connector (female) Battery connector...
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