Days 32 — 33 🌎 Maintenance

Daily Summary:
General maintenance on the Kaabo Wolf GT scooter and the Burley COHO trailer was performed at the Crawford Bay RV Park (while it rained).

Thank you Cynthia and Brian! Your hospitality is extremely appreciated!

Odometer:  2,035 miles
Climb: 0, ft. — Descend:  0, ft.
45-60° F : Overcast, Daily Intermittent Light Rain : 0 mph wind.

Battery Performance:
Note: All charging and range data after the World Record Day will be published in Excel format at a later date.

— 32 and 33  —

I’m tired and generally a little chilled most of the day. I’m hoping the warm weather will catch up with me soon.

But then, so will the mosquitoes! 🙁

As previously mentioned, I blew a fuse in the scooter (again) when I was attempting to connect it to the charger the evening of my record-setting accomplishment.

This time (unlike the previous) I did remember to turn the charger down to 2 amps before connecting the plugs, but when I was attaching the second connector the plug was rotated too much and apparently the battery current arced across the connector and blew the charging fuse.

At least I’m hoping that only the charging fuse was blown.

I haven’t taken the deck lid off yet to see if anything else was damaged.

I’m also procrastinating because I know what a chore it will be to clean off all the silicone from my previous waterproofing efforts and then re-do the sealing once again.

I have an idea to make a deck modification that will utilize an O-ring gasket rather than the flat gasket that Kaabo uses.

An O-ring gasket would have MULTIPLE advantages over other designs, the very least of which would be TOTAL waterproofing AND easy FIELD installation should it become necessary to open the battery compartment for service in less than ideal circumstances (such as mine).

Regarding the cause of the blown fuse, I have heard numerous reports of people having trouble with arcing when connecting their chargers to their PEVs.

The problem occurs because of the stored voltage in either the battery or the charger circuitry or both.

Since this is such a common — and potentially DANGEROUS! — hazard, why is it that no scooter or charger manufacturers have addressed the problem?

You can bet money that if electric CAR owners had even ONE arc incident with their chargers the situation would be rectified immediately even if it meant a recall of thousands of vehicles and/or charging stations.

So what’s up with PEVs?

Are these really just hazardous toys that people pay thousands of dollars for in order to injure themselves or others?

Don’t PEV manufacturers care about designing and building durable, easily-maintained, and SAFE, electric vehicles?

I hope the answer to both questions is, “No!”

Now that I’ve established a new World Record for distance traveled on one upright electric scooter, I hope to be able to continue documenting the characteristics and performance of this particular personal electric vehicle.

If you recall, the main reason I am using an UPRIGHT PEV is because I can no longer sit or ride my bicycle because of a back injury.

I can’t sit in a car for very long without significant discomfort which sometimes lasts for days or weeks after even a short car ride.

The same is true for sitting at a desk or riding my bike.

I can walk, and I can stand on an upright scooter. That’s why I purchased one.

And, over the past month, I’ve demonstrated that an upright electric scooter CAN be used as a legitimate form of transportation on public roads — even interstate and other high-speed roads with significant car and truck traffic! — especially for persons with physical challenges that make other forms of transportation impossible.

I, for one, am mobile and on the move again because of my Kaabo Wolf GT scooter!

And I’m truly grateful!

I thank God for sending that little kid down the hill in front of the dogs and me last summer. I thank Him for causing me to imagine that I, too, might be able to ride a scooter.

I started scooting out of desperation to enlarge my sphere of mobility.

I continued scooting because it was so efficient and just so much fun!

Now I’m LIVING by scooting to prove that it IS POSSIBLE to utilize micro-transportation to accomplish significant goals.

If you’re listening scooter manufacturers, take note, serious PEV riders need SERIOUS equipment.

We need vehicles, not just toys, and we’re willing to pay a fair price to obtain what we need.

Over the next 20 months I hope to continue demonstrating the benefits of micro-transportation and proving what can and can’t be accomplished by this form of travel.

I hope that we’ll all learn at least a little something from the attempt.

BTW, today was the First day I published a trip post that did NOT include the battery performance data.

From now on I’m going to focus on other things, including (hopefully) editing and posting a few videos.

Stay tuned…

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