Just as you would take care of a car to make sure that it could get you where you need to go, it's important to take good care of your electric scooter [http://www.allelectricscooters.com/]. Because mobility is important, you don't want to discover that you can't get where you need to go because you neglected to do a few simple things to take the best possible care of your scooter or power chair.

The Battery

One of the most important things you can do to make sure your electric scooter is ready to go when you are is to keep a good check on the battery. Charge it every night or at least after every use, if you don't use it daily. If you go week or so without using your scooter, go ahead and charge the battery up just to keep it from sitting idle. Your scooter won't do you much good if the battery is dead when you need it most.

If you've just come in from outside where it's hot or the scooter and battery have been in the sun, let them cool down for a couple of hours before you recharge the battery. A cool battery actually charges more fully and will hold the charge longer. Your battery will be more efficient if it's stored in a cool and dry place, too. Also, every month or two you should take a good look at your battery and make sure that the connections look clean and secure and that there is no acid leakage or build up around the wires.

Electric Scooter Tires

Many of the same principles apply to electric scooter tires as apply to car tires, at least if the scooter tires are pneumatic. If they are, you really should check the air pressure regularly. Running on overinflated or under inflated tires will just cause more wear on the tires and even could be dangerous.

In fact, improperly inflated tires can cause damage to other parts of your electric scooter like the motor, which may have to strain to move the scooter if the tires aren't full enough. Neither the motor nor the tires are cheap, so do a quick check of the pressure in the tires to help keep those components in good shape.

If you're driving a car down the road and one of the wheels is misaligned, the car may jiggle and the steering wheel might shake. Electric scooters can suffer from the same type of bad tire alignment. This is something you can often see with the naked eye so if a tire looks off to you, have a professional check it out. There shouldn't be any wiggle and nothing should rub together when the tires spin on your scooter.

And just like people check their car tires for wear, look at your scooter tires every month or two to make sure that there aren't any bald spots, that there aren't any types of wires sticking out or any goose eggs on the sides. Also, check to make sure you feel no air leaking out of the tires anywhere, particularly around the valve stems where the air goes in.