11-27-2019, 10:24 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Shelton Washington
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New old guy on the block
I am new to both segways and to the forum mode of communication. I will probably do dumb things but I am game to learn and get on board. I live in Shelton, WA a small town, south of Seattle on Puget sound. I am retired but trying to stay current on as much as possible. I consider myself and early adopter. For example going back a ways my first VCR cost me $1200 and I thought I got a deal only paying $13 a piece for blank tapes. I have always loves energy saving and new things. I built a solar heater for my wood shop about 2 years ago. Now I have purchased and old nonworking but clean Segway. No key, dead batteries NiKMh and at a loss as to what to do next. Not much money spent so far and I don't mind spending some but I have to waste money on a dead horse. Any suggestions what I should do next this beautiful 2 wheeled hand truck into a fun ridder? Any advice is welcome.
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11-28-2019, 11:09 AM | #2 | |
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11-29-2019, 04:03 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Essex UK
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revive it
first try to revive the batteries, mine seem to be salvageable, if they will not revive maybe they can have some new cells installed,
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11-29-2019, 08:54 PM | #4 |
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When I bought my I2 at a yard sale it had dead batteries. Before I spend serious money on new or refurbished batteries i wanted to know if it worked. I took it to a Segway dealer (which are few and far between now) and he checked it out and it worked just fine. I picked up a set of batteries and have been riding it ever since. My advise is to find someone with a set of working batteries to test your machines out before buying/refurbishing batteries. I don't know what to do about not having the keys.
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01-14-2020, 03:03 AM | #5 | |
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I have a p133, an i180, and an i2; only the i2 is complete at this time with the i180 and p133 needing new batteries as well as the p133 needing a conversion to an "i" series with fenders and wheels (since the "p" wheels are all gone these days and/or dryrotted). Indeed, let us know what you've got first off and everyone here would love to help I'm sure :-)
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