Greeenpower Unique 500 technical manual

ROCValmont
ROCValmont Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
in Transport and travel

Does anyone know where you can buy/download or get sight of a technical manual for a Greenpower Unique 500?

Thanks

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  • SwiftFox
    SwiftFox Community Member Posts: 1,406 Championing
    edited January 14

    https://www.mobilitypower.co.uk/product/unique500/

    https://thesoutherngent.com/green-power-mobility-scooter-manual-pdf/

    https://www.mobilitypower.co.uk/product/unique500/

    Hope these help

  • ROCValmont
    ROCValmont Community Member Posts: 2 Listener

    Many thanks. I'm really looking for a Haynes Manual sort of publication - but these are a step in the right direction! Thanks again.

  • SteveSlow
    SteveSlow Community Member Posts: 10 Listener

    Green Power do not make the workshop manuals available to customers, they prefer to sell the parts to you then charge about 130 quid to come and fit it for you. it is a huge con. I am not sure of the legality of this, but it is immoral. I am working on removing the panels and I will post results when I have been successful.

  • SteveSlow
    SteveSlow Community Member Posts: 10 Listener

    I did call out a local company but as soon as he saw it was green power he refused to work on it.

  • SteveSlow
    SteveSlow Community Member Posts: 10 Listener

    It is basically protectionism. Green power do not sell parts to other businesses or individuals so it is impossible for other businesses or individuals to carry out repairs on any Green power scooters. I have spoken to them about this. They claim it is legal but I'm not sure though, I thought we had a right to repair and these policies interfere with that. They also feel that it is not immoral to take advantage of the elderly or infirm in this way.

    Don't buy scooters from green power!

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,640 Championing

    Just had a look at Greenpower Unique 500 and would definitely NOT buy one

    To start with - they are not lithium battery powered - they rely on an old fashioned Lead-acid battery - then there's the claimed range of 45 miles - on a 20AH battery - sorry, this is just not happening……. especially at 8mph !

    My old mobility scooter has a 24AH Lead acid battery and reaches 4 miles at a push and the whole thing is much lighter than a "Unique 500".

    This is definitely a case of "buyer beware"

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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,640 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1099125#Comment_1099125

    Exactly - and the Unique 500 claims to be able to travel 45 miles on 1/8th of your class 3's capacity !! Utterly impossible

    Anybody with a Greenpower refute this ?

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,379 Championing

    Actually, Chris, it's just a bit under 28 miles.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,640 Championing
    edited February 3

    They do claim 45 MILES or 72km

    500 watts @ 24v - 20 amps

    but the battery is rated at 20Ah - Which means that it can supply 20 amps for 1 hour

    At 8mph - that's 8 miles range

  • Crazybobs
    Crazybobs Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    See the 60 volt part, his is achieved by using 6 x 12 volt 20ah batteries, I had the same set up on my GP500

  • thommo2
    thommo2 Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1099109#Comment_1099109

    Hi I'm a new member. My post is off topic about the OP's request about a manual. If this doesn't belong here please accept my apology.

    I saw the post by Wibbles and bearing in mind it was made a while ago I thought it might mislead any new readers so I thought I might update the information that is no longer correct.

    I bought a Greenpower Unique 500 scooter 8 weeks ago. Wibbles' specifications above are spot on - except that there is a LiFePO4 lithium battery option available albeit at an additional £450 extra.

    I have found in the time I've had the U500 is around 32 miles per charge. I would add that I have charged it when it reaches 2 bars left so likely that it would be a few more miles more than that if needed. I live in a quite 'hilly' city. The U500 is restricted to 8 mph.

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