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12-20-2018, 05:53 PM | #1 |
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Turning on light scooter slows down
Every time I turn on the head light the es4 slows down. It will only go about 4 mph.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Bill |
12-21-2018, 10:07 AM | #2 |
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First off, does the red S shine on your instrument panel?
If not doubletap till it does. Secondly, as far as I know, there is no es4. At least not on the Segway product page. Chances are you have been con'ed. Do you have a link to where you bought it? (Gotta love Chinese knockoff of Chinese products) no_segway_es_4_2018-12-21.jpg |
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12-30-2018, 08:06 PM | #4 |
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I looked briefly into getting one of these.
The ES4 is the ES2 with the extra battery included/preinstalled. The slowing down when the headlight is on thing,... is what they do. Something to do with how the motherboard is wired. Poor engineering with how the light gets its power, perhaps. Leave the light off and use a headlamp on your head is a possible solution. Otherwise, there are people on other forums who know how to re-solder the motherboard to avoid the problem. |
12-31-2018, 03:12 AM | #5 |
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It's a well known fault on some earlier engineered models of the ES line of scooters. The latest ES4s don't suffer it supposedly, but if you got one of the older "grey" post (vs. "Black" post that the latest ES4s have) the controller board has a current overload point where a fuse or resistor I believe will fail and result in the loss of power delivery.
The fix is to replace the brain on the unit, it's not a lot of fun but it can be done. |
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