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HI EVERYONE I AM NEW AND FROM SOMERSET UK AND AM TRYING TO FIND A ANSWER TO MY PROBLEM WITH THE 80 YEAR OLD NABOURS INVACARE LEO MOBILITY SCOOTER THAT SHE HAS HAD FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS BUT HAS BEEN IN DRY STORAGE FOR 5 YEARS IT’S IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
SHE ASK ME IF I COULD CHECK IT OVER AS SHE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR SHORT DISTANCES IN THE LOCK DOWN .
1. I REPLACED THE BATTERIES AS THEY HAD BEEN DI CHARGED FOR YEARS.
2. AFTER FITTING NEW BATTERIES AND TRIED TO OPERATE UNIT SWITCHED ON OK BUT WHEN TRYING TO GO FORWARD BY OPERATING RIGHT LEVER UNIT DID NOT MOVE BUT CAME UP WITH A
9 BLEEP FAULT CODE THAT WAS IN BOOK (MISCELLANEOUS INTERNAL FAULT
SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET FOR A ANSWER FIRST I REMOVED THE CONNECTIONS TO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER THAT SITS UNDER THE COVER NEXT TO THE BATTERIES REPLACED THEM AND TRIED AGAIN ,THIS TIME WHEN OPERATED RIGHT FORWARD LEVER UNIT STARTED MOVING FORWARD AND BACKWARD USING OTHER SIDE OF FLIP FLOP LEVER RAN IT UP THE ROAD FOR 25 METRES AND REVERSED IT FOR 25 METRES THEN PARKED IT AND LEFT IT FOR 10 MINUTES ‘ CAME BACK TRIED AGAIN SAME FAULT CAME UP 9 BLEEPS INTERNAL FAULT;
SO DISCONNECTED PLUG FOR BRAKE AND CONNECTED 24 V FROM BATTERIES HEARD A CLICK AS BREAK SOLENOID WAS ENERGIZED PROVING THAT BRAKE SOLENOID AND MICRO SWITCH THAT WAS SET IN DRIVE POSITION WAS OK AND WORKED ,AFTER REFITTING BRAKE SOLENOID CHECKED UNIT AGAIN AS BEFORE 8 OR 9 BLEEPS INTERNAL FAULT ON THING I FORGOT TO POINT OUT IS WHEN SWITCHING ON KEY SWITCH AND OPERATING FLIP FLOP LEVER FORWARD OR BACKWARDS YOU CAN HEAR THE RELAY IN THE CONTROL UNIT OPERATING,BUT NOT THE BRAKE SOLENOID
AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE DRIVE UNIT WILL NOT WORK UNTIL THE BRAKE SOLENOID IS OPERATED , ALSO TRIED THE DRIVE UNIT 24 V DIRECT ON TO PLUG WITH SOLENOID REMOVED
DRIVE UNIT RUNS OK , SO THAT’S EMANATED THE BRAKE UNIT AND DRIVE UNIT AS OK
SO WE ARE LEFT WITH THE CONTROL BOX KNOWING THAT THE INTERNAL RELAY IS WORKING
AS WHEN OPERATING FORWARD / BACKWARD LEVER YOU CAN HEAR THE RELAY CLICK
TRIED SEVERAL MORE TIMES IT DID WORK POSSIBLE ONE OUT OF 20 TIMES
IT IS A INTERMITTENT FAULT HAS ANYBODY GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS RELY DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE CONTROL BOX AS VERY EXPENSIVE THE LADY HAS ALREADY SPENT OVER £100
SO SUGGESTIONS WELCOME THANKS HARRYYou will need to take this unit to an experienced technician.
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