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Need Help! New to scooters! Breaker keeps tripping!
ESP Support
said
over 8 years ago
The Razor E300 is a 24 Volts scooter. The Voltage rating of the circuit breaker does not matter very much, so either a 24 Volt or 36 Volt breaker could be used on a 24 Volt system. The increased Ah rating of the batteries will not affect anything other than the ride time that the scooter will have, and is nothing to worry about.
Circuit breakers wear out a little every time that they trip and the Amp level that they trip at decreases, so the old circuit breaker could have been worn out and breaking the circuit too early. The wearing out of the old circuit breaker could have been caused by excessive tripping caused by someone overexerting the limits of the scooter by going up hills that were too steep for it, towing, going through sand, etc. Or it could have worn out from tripping too often due to a faulty part such as a motor with burned out windings or short circuit in the controller or wiring.
Regarding the new circuit breaker, it sounds like it might possibly be defective because when a circuit breaker breaks the circuit its button is supposed to pop out and the circuit is not supposed to be made again until the button is pushed in. It would require testing the circuit breaker's continuity while the circuit is supposedly broken to actually determine if it is defective or not.
If the new circuit breaker is faulty then replacing it might solve the problem. However if the new circuit breaker is working properly then the problem might be either a faulty motor or controller. Controllers tend to either work perfectly or not work at all, so chances are that it would be the motor if either of these parts were to be faulty.
Please let me know how it goes.
Circuit breakers wear out a little every time that they trip and the Amp level that they trip at decreases, so the old circuit breaker could have been worn out and breaking the circuit too early. The wearing out of the old circuit breaker could have been caused by excessive tripping caused by someone overexerting the limits of the scooter by going up hills that were too steep for it, towing, going through sand, etc. Or it could have worn out from tripping too often due to a faulty part such as a motor with burned out windings or short circuit in the controller or wiring.
Regarding the new circuit breaker, it sounds like it might possibly be defective because when a circuit breaker breaks the circuit its button is supposed to pop out and the circuit is not supposed to be made again until the button is pushed in. It would require testing the circuit breaker's continuity while the circuit is supposedly broken to actually determine if it is defective or not.
If the new circuit breaker is faulty then replacing it might solve the problem. However if the new circuit breaker is working properly then the problem might be either a faulty motor or controller. Controllers tend to either work perfectly or not work at all, so chances are that it would be the motor if either of these parts were to be faulty.
Please let me know how it goes.
Hey thanks for the info....
Maybe I'll just try to replace the motor then. What is the difference between the 250w and 350w motor. Can I put the 350 in and will it make it quicker or faster? Thanks for your input.
Nate R
ESP Support
said
over 8 years ago
The 350W motor is one inch longer than the 250W motor. I am not sure if it would fit into the Razor E300 scooter because I do not have one here to test fit it into. You might be able to see if there is an extra inch of room for the 350W motor on your scooter though.
Upgrading from a 250W motor to a 350W motor should make it accelerate faster and have more uphill power, but will not make it that much faster unless a smaller rear sprocket was installed along with the 350W motor to make the gear ratio higher.
Upgrading from a 250W motor to a 350W motor should make it accelerate faster and have more uphill power, but will not make it that much faster unless a smaller rear sprocket was installed along with the 350W motor to make the gear ratio higher.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Nate Ruble
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