Battery with More Power????? By tydow (Read 572 times)

[tydow]

Hello Everyone,

I have a tao tao 50cc (well friend has a tao tao T3 I believe) that keeps draining the battery. He seems to think that maybe if we get a new battery it will help. It came with a very small 4 pound battery. Was thinking of getting a 9 pound battery.

Also tried other batteries and the scooter also drained those.

This scooter is not super new. Once he hooked up the battery wrong and it blew a fuse. Just wondering if that may have cause the problem? The draining of the battery problem started to happen thereafter.

He also said he tested the charging system with the v meter. Thinking maybe we should try that again. Also not sure if it would be the stator?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
KEV

[Alleyoop]

Most likley it is the Regulator/Rectifier that has gone bad. That is the one that charges the battery when your riding. So a new battery is not going to help unless you first fix the charging system. To verify if it is charging when it is running take a volt meter and see what the battery volts are showing. If you rev it up a little around 2000-3000 rpms and test the battery it should show at least 13+ volts which would mean it is being charged.
Alleyoop

[justbuggin]

alleyoopy got to this before me and i agree check the charging system first

[jct842]

a 4 pound battery? could you mean a 4 amp battery.

[tydow]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks so much for the help. We did check the charging system again and it did not go pass the 13 so I guess the next thing to check is the regulator as you all suggested.

Hope to get back to it today. Let you all know. Again thanks so much. Now on my way to the help files to see how to test the regulator. You all have a great day.

KEv