Save Your Charge Ports!

The Scooter Charge Splitter units from PEV Outlet are hand made. We use thick gauge wire and metal connections that are meant to last. The scooter charge splitter will split your fast charger current between both of your GX16-3 charge ports.

Do I Need An Electric Scooter Charge Splitter?

With the rise of enormous batteries in electric scooters, fast charging is becoming much more common. However, unless you’re very careful, it can damage your scooter internals. The Wolf King and GT Pro scooters for example, have a 5 amp inline fuse. These fuses can blow if you charge over 5 amps per port, sometimes even lower. That scenario could very easily leave you stranded on a long ride. The 60 volt and 72 volt chargers sold at PEV Outlet come with the scooter charge splitter already, but we recommend that you split the current on any charger.

Splitting the current between two ports keeps the transfer wires from port to battery much cooler. This results in less stress to your charging internals. Don’t get stranded on a long ride because of a damaged fuse or charge port. Use a Scooter Charge Splitter You can also use our Scooter Charge Splitter in combination with the Level 2 EV to Scooter Charging Adapter. Having the freedom to plug your 220v compatible charger into electric car charging stations is amazing on long rides. There is suddenly charging all around you!

How Fast Is Too Fast?

As a general rule, most scooter batteries can safely charge at “0.5 C”.  That is equal to a rate of half of the amp hours of the battery pack. For example, a 20amp hour battery pack in something like the Varla Eagle One scooter could (in theory) safely charge at 10amps. 10amps/20amp hour battery pack = 0.5 . Or .5C. A 15 amp hour battery pack can charge at 7.5 amps, and so on. While some electric unicycles have patented high speed charging circuits allowing for up to 20amps, unfortunately electric scooters aren’t there quite yet.

Many electric scooter manufacturers recommend a maximum charge rate of 5amps per port. That’s not because the battery can’t handle it, but usually because they took the cheap route. Usually with cheap wiring and BMS modules. Or, they refuse to be held liable for any injury to damage or property. Something that can easily result from irresponsible fast charging. That means while you might not be able to charge at 8amps through one port, it’s not nearly as bad if you split that into two 4amp streams of current.

For example, our 60 volt fast chargers would blow the inline fuse of a Kaabo King GT Pro through one port. But not if you split the current between two ports. Now you can use one charger to charge four, five, or even six times as fast as a stock charger will allow. Your 9amp charger just became two 4.5 amp chargers. Even if you’re not using a fast charger, splitting the current will always keep your internals colder. Less heat = less damage over time.

Scooter Fast Charge Splitter Prerequisites

• Your electric scooter must use GX16-3 charge ports. These are the most common type of connectors for scooter chargers but recently have seen quite a few proprietary connectors flooding the market. Before you order, make sure your charger and scooter charge ports use these GX16-3 connectors.
• Never fast charge a damaged battery! Any visible damage counts, including water damage. This goes without saying, but you’d be surprised some of the things I’ve seen… This can lead to very serious consequences.
• Never fast charge a battery unsupervised. Using a charge splitter with a normal charger is fine to leave alone if you trust your battery. I personally would not extend that same level of trust to a hyper charger on your hyper scooter. Usually people don’t charge above 5 amps unless they are out on the go, during pitstops.

*PEV Outlet assumes no responsibility that may arise from using a fast charger, or charge splitter. 
This product is meant to reduce risk by encouraging users to think about the safety of their preexisting behaviors.*