 It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register for free click here
|
 | |
Specialist DIR Kit OK this is the home of the Gavin - but questions and observations about other scooters, lights, video housing, RB80 etc. can find a home here.
 |
| | Thread Tools |
December 15th, 2005, 12:31 AM
| #1 (permalink) |
| DIRX Supporter  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK
Posts: 693
  | Question about assembling gavin battery pack OK I may be missing one battery but I've been trying to work out how the wiring fits together:  Now the round connectors go on the battery and the large connectors plug into the scooter. But what is the copper bar for? What is the connector in the bubble pack for? And finally what keeps the battery in the housing - is it just a case of tightening the bolts?  Apologies for the numpty questions! Cheers Al |
   |
|
December 15th, 2005, 12:34 AM
| #2 (permalink) |
| GUE Instructor/DIRX Moderator  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK
Posts: 1,099
 | At a guess the copper bar is to connect the positive of one battery to the negative of the other (the motor is 24v). You then connect the leads to the other set of positive and negative terminals. The connector in the pack is to go on the end of the charger. HTH J |
| |
|
December 15th, 2005, 01:20 AM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Pinoy ako pinoy  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: here, there and everywhere
Posts: 779
| Get yourself some masking tape and tape the batteries together, terminal to terminal. Then cover all the terminals except the negative that will go near the fat bulkhead. Now put the batteries into the bulkheads but only fasten it with 3 bolts leaving the one at the top out (bulkheads should have holes up and the terminals should now be free to work on). Thread the black motor lead through the back of the fat bulk head, now connect the black motor lead and the black charging lead to the and negative you left free. Now do the same with the reds to the positive. Now connect the positive and negative at the front of the pack with the copper rod and thread the charging terminal through the hole. Put in the last bolt to hold the bulkheads together. Make any sense  Graham |
| |
|
December 15th, 2005, 01:24 AM
| #4 (permalink) |
| New Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Texas
Posts: 31
|  Quote: (Originally Posted by Alastair) OK I may be missing one battery but I've been trying to work out how the wiring fits together: Go here: http://www.gavinscooters.com/pages/b..._short_jpg.htmNow the round connectors go on the battery and the large connectors plug into the scooter. But what is the copper bar for? What is the connector in the bubble pack for? And finally what keeps the battery in the housing - is it just a case of tightening the bolts? Apologies for the numpty questions! Cheers Al Notice the wooden block that are around the battery to hold it in place. When I got my scooter from George they were already installed. You may want to get familiar with this site.
__________________ Regards, Bart78660 Be Prepared, Something may go Wrong  www.globaldrysuitparts.com |
| |
|
December 15th, 2005, 01:32 AM
| #5 (permalink) |
| DIRX Supporter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK
Posts: 693
|  Appreciate the replies. I did see that pic on the Gavin site but it doesn't match what I received. Thanks to you guys it all makes sense now - when the replacement battery turns up tomorrow I'll put it all together. Cheers Al |
| |
|
December 15th, 2005, 01:20 PM
| #6 (permalink) |
| DIveR  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium
Posts: 275
| You need something to keep the pack in place... A couple of weeks ago I was towing my short as a backup, and after a while noticed that it didn't comfortably ride on top of my legs anymore; the balance was way off... (trigger handle hanging at 5 o' clock) The batteries just had shifted sideways. I installed some small treaded bars (M3) along the top of the batteries to keep them in place, but the lower part is still just shifting sideways... Guess I have to install 2 more at the bottom... For the guys who have a battery pack like pictured on the gavin scooter web site with the little blocks on the bulkheads; What material are they made of? PVC? And how are they mounted? screwed or just glued? Davy |
| |
|
December 16th, 2005, 02:18 AM
| #7 (permalink) |
| Instructor candidate  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sweden & Florida
Posts: 205
| Quote: (Originally Posted by davy) For the guys who have a battery pack like pictured on the gavin scooter web site with the little blocks on the bulkheads; PVC that is usually screwed but you can glue them if you wanted to. I have all combos on my packs - glued, screwed and without :D What material are they made of? PVC? And how are they mounted? screwed or just glued? Davy Peter |
| |
|
December 16th, 2005, 09:17 PM
| #9 (permalink) |
| Moderator - "Don't stop me now!"  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South East London, UK
Posts: 680
| Quote: (Originally Posted by davy) For the guys who have a battery pack like pictured on the gavin scooter web site with the little blocks on the bulkheads; They're glued, but they often break off. You can easily add some screws to stop this.What material are they made of? PVC? And how are they mounted? screwed or just glued? Bob |
| |
|
December 29th, 2005, 09:40 PM
| #10 (permalink) |
| New Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 116
 | Actually would be nice to have a gavins source´s page. A lot of info have been discussed in gavinscooter list, but it would be nice to have a one place for info (specially for people outside US, since most the info G3 pages are for US resources) I my self had a great help from John Grogan when I was ordering spares to Finland gavins users. He suggested the following spare blades - spare relays - spare steel wire and crimps for the trigger spare reed switches Also this issue with batteries and chargers, which model to source in EU? and so on? what you think should we have this gavin resources page? Comments? Regards and have a blast at new year Teppo |
| |
