The standard battery installation wiring can be a problem. If the only one that ever rides the scooter is under 80 pounds, never trashes the scooter, does not go off road, does not go through puddles and does not try to climb Pikes Peak you may never have a wiring issue. High stress loads on the motor, heavy drivers (we have seen 265 pounders) and hill climbing shoots the electrical load demand right through the roof. (Such a person NEEDS a twin engine, but even that will not climb Pike's Peak located in Colorado Springs, CO. Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike discovered the mountain in 1806. Automobile and motorcycle racers from all over the world compete in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb every Fourth of July; racers negotiate 12 miles and 156 hair-raising turns in a little over ten minutes with a verticle climb of 7500 feet). This hook up is designed to be a replacement for the factory wiring on the Kahuna battery 36 volts/ 10.5 amp hour system. The original system can work for some of users. HOWEVER, experience has shown us that sometimes that is not enough. Depending on who does the installation and what they know about being careful under the hood can be the difference of a nice ride or a long push. The inline fuse MUST be installed on the side of the battery and must not wind up between the hood and the top of the battery (which is the case in the original installation). The picture shows the wiring pulled up out of it's resting place to the side of the battery. The battery box has a seperator that gives you over 1/2 inch gap to place the wiring and inline fuse holder out of harms way. You do not want the inline fuse holder under the hood where it can be stepped on and crushed. Just the right foot in the wrong place will crush the fuse holder and ruin your whole day. This hook up has a beefy inline fuse holder with a 30 amp slow blow fuse and 3M insulated male and female disconnects. It does not have the two bridges to connect the three 12 volt batteries together, since this is a one piece battery system, so if you think you can order this for the Standard Battery and save a couple of bucks, we will be the first to tell you that a square peg will not fit into a round hole. Skip the Latte today to afford the right connections. The idea is to by pass the existing nylon connector that has been damaged or is a poor connector causing high resistance, overheating, poor power transfer and generally poor performance. We highly recommend this item. For the installation we highly recommend a high quality ratchet type crimping tool with a die designed for insulated crimps to make this installation correctly. Yes, this is what we use. What would you expect? |