Is Joyor s5 or s10 scooter water proof?
Summary
TLDRThis video tutorial addresses the common question of whether electric scooters are waterproof. The host emphasizes that they are not, explaining the lack of gaskets and waterproofing in key areas like the battery compartment and speed controller. To make the scooter water-resistant, viewers are given DIY solutions, such as using silicone to seal holes and applying dielectrical grease to connections. Detailed steps are provided for waterproofing the scooter's components, with a focus on careful handling to avoid damaging wires and maintaining the controller's integrity.
Takeaways
- 🚫 The scooters discussed are not waterproof and should not be submerged in water.
- 💡 The battery cover and other parts have no gaskets, and there are holes that can let water in.
- 🔧 There are ways to make the scooter more water-resistant, such as using silicone to seal holes and applying dielectrical grease to connections.
- 🛠️ The speed controller and its connections are particularly vulnerable to water damage and need to be sealed properly.
- 🔌 There are accessories like screw-on caps with gaskets available to protect the charging port from water.
- 🛑 If submerged, water can enter through various openings, including the lights and the battery compartment.
- 💡 The video provides a step-by-step guide on how to waterproof the scooter by sealing the speed controller and other components.
- 👷♂️ The process of making the scooter waterproof involves disassembling parts of it and applying silicone and dielectrical grease to the necessary areas.
- ⚠️ The video warns against rushing the waterproofing process due to the fragility of the scooter's wires and components.
- 🌡️ Keeping the speed controller cool is important, especially in hot weather, but drilling holes in the plastic cover is not recommended.
- 🔄 The video suggests considering alternatives like using aluminum for the cover to act as a heatsink, but emphasizes not compromising the scooter's water resistance.
Q & A
Are the scooters mentioned in the video script waterproof?
-No, the scooters are not waterproof. They have some resistance to water, but they cannot be submerged in water.
What is the purpose of the stickers on the scooter's bottom holes?
-The stickers on the bottom holes are a basic form of waterproofing, but they are not a reliable means of protection once they fall off.
What are the main concerns regarding the scooter's water resistance?
-The main concerns are the speed controller, the wires with connections, and the battery compartment, as these areas are not waterproofed and are vulnerable to water damage.
What is one method suggested in the video to improve the scooter's water resistance?
-One method suggested is to seal up the four holes on the bottom with silicone after removing the Allen screws, and to silicone every single hole on the scooter platform where wires are going up.
What is the role of dielectrical grease in making the scooter more water resistant?
-Dielectrical grease is used to waterproof the wires by applying it to all the connections, which helps to keep water out and maintain the electrical integrity of the connections.
How does the video suggest sealing the speed controller?
-The video suggests applying silicone around the screws and openings of the speed controller to ensure it is water tight.
What is the importance of being careful with the scooter's wires while making it waterproof?
-The wires are fragile and can be damaged if not handled carefully. Bending or mishandling them could lead to power issues or other malfunctions.
What is the viewer's suggestion regarding the scooter's controller cooling?
-A viewer suggested drilling holes in the plastic cover to improve cooling, but the video advises against this due to the risk of debris and water entering and damaging the controller.
What alternative is suggested instead of drilling holes for cooling the controller?
-The video suggests making the cover out of aluminum to act as a heat sink, transferring heat from the controller and cooling it down without the risk of water or debris entering.
What is the final step mentioned in the video for ensuring the scooter is water resistant after modifications?
-The final step is to put back the three screws carefully to avoid stripping the plastic, ensuring all connections are sealed with silicone, and keeping the charging port closed or using a screw-on cap with a gasket.
Outlines
🚫 Not Waterproof Scooters: Risks and DIY Fixes
The speaker clarifies that the scooters discussed are not waterproof and emphasizes the risks of submersion. They explain the lack of gaskets and the presence of holes that allow water to reach the battery and electrical components, such as the speed controller and wires. The speaker suggests DIY methods to improve water resistance, like sealing holes with silicone and using dielectric grease on connections, and mentions the availability of a screw-on cap for added protection. They also demonstrate the process of disassembling the scooter to apply silicone to various parts and advise against submersion due to potential damage to electrical components.
🛠️ Waterproofing Scooters: A Step-by-Step Guide
The speaker provides a detailed guide on how to waterproof a scooter by sealing the battery compartment and other openings with silicone. They discuss the importance of sealing the speed controller and wire connections to prevent water damage. The speaker also recommends using electrical grease to protect connections from water and salt, which can cause short circuits. They share personal experiences with waterproofing, including the use of zip ties to secure components and the importance of careful handling to avoid damaging wires.
🔌 Dealing with Wire Connections and Battery Protection
The speaker focuses on the vulnerability of wire connections and the battery, explaining that these parts are not inherently waterproof. They demonstrate how to apply electrical grease to prevent water intrusion and short circuits. The speaker also addresses the issue of keeping the scooter's controller cool, suggesting the use of a heat sink or aluminum cover instead of drilling holes, which could compromise the scooter's integrity. They emphasize the need for careful reassembly to avoid damaging the scooter's electrical components.
🔧 Final Steps in Waterproofing and Maintenance Tips
The speaker concludes the waterproofing process by detailing the final steps of reassembling the scooter, including securing the battery compartment and ensuring all connections are tightly sealed with silicone. They recount a personal incident where a connection issue led to a loss of power, highlighting the importance of careful assembly and maintenance. The speaker also advises viewers on keeping the controller cool during hot weather and suggests alternatives to drilling holes for ventilation, such as using a metal cover as a heat sink.
👋 Closing Remarks and Viewer Engagement Invitation
In the final paragraph, the speaker wraps up the video with a summary of the waterproofing process and invites viewers to subscribe, comment, and share ideas for future videos. They encourage viewers to engage with the content and offer suggestions for improvement or additional topics to cover, fostering a community of scooter enthusiasts and DIYers.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Waterproof
💡Submerge
💡Gaskets
💡Battery Compartment
💡Speed Controller
💡Wire Connections
💡Silicone
💡Dielecrical Grease
💡Heatsink
💡Zip Tie
💡Venting
Highlights
The scooter is not waterproof and should not be submerged in water.
The battery cover and side lights lack gaskets, only having stickers that can fall off, exposing holes to water.
Holes at the bottom and back of the scooter allow water to enter the battery compartment and speed controller area.
A method to improve water resistance involves sealing the holes with silicone and using Allen screws.
Canadian accessory sellers offer a screw-on cap with a gasket for the charging port to keep water out.
Using dielectrical grease on wire connections can make the scooter waterproof.
Siliconing the speed controller is crucial to prevent water damage.
The battery compartment's design allows water to seep in through large holes where lights are housed.
Removing the cover reveals the lack of gaskets and the presence of large holes that can fill with water.
Sealing the speed controller with silicone is essential to prevent controller damage from water.
Wire connections need to be sealed with electrical grease to prevent shorting out the speed controller.
Using a zip tie can secure wire connections and prevent them from coming apart while riding.
The battery size of the S10 scooter is enormous, contributing to its long range.
Care must be taken when reassembling the scooter to avoid damaging fragile wires.
A viewer suggested keeping the speed controller cool, but drilling holes in the cover is not recommended.
An alternative to drilling holes for cooling is using an aluminum cover that acts as a heat sink.
Ensuring all connections are waterproofed and the controller is sealed is key to riding in the rain without issues.
Transcripts
hey everybody welcome back to another
video so a lot of you been asking me are
these waterproof they are not waterproof
I can't stress this enough they you
cannot submerge these in water
um they are kind of resistant
um what I mean by that is your lights on
the side here the actual battery cover
which is this plastic piece in the front
none of this has any type of gaskets on
it you have four holes down on the
bottom here they just have little
stickers so kind of waterproof but once
these stickers fall off like on this
joyer of the S5 they fell off you have
holes that go right into the battery
compartment right in this section in the
front you have your speed controller
your wires with the connections
non-waterproofed all within this section
from here down at least on the S10
it's the battery so the battery it goes
from the bottom all the way up to about
here that's the battery so that side
really doesn't matter what we're really
concerned with is more or less your
speed controller and all the connections
and the wires
so
what happens too is up over here where
all the control wires and everything go
down
there's a hole in here all the water if
you submerge this will go down in here
also so through the lights through the
cover through this big hole here and
also don't forget there's holes in the
back also
there is obviously a way of making this
waterproof or water resistant depending
on how crazy you want to go with water
um one would be to seal up the four
holes on the bottom take the screws
these Allen screws here
before those out put silicone on them
silicone them back together basically
taking these side marker lights take
them off basically siliconing every
single hole on this scooter that's the
platform uh the where the wire is going
up here they do have this cap probably
would work
um somewhat if you're just driving
through the rain but if you submerge
this all the way it's not going to work
the um the other company that does sell
this up in Canada they have an actual
screw on cap in the accessory section
um I have a link in that um also in one
of my shorts you screw the cap on and it
has a gasket and it keeps the water from
going in this charging port
so it all depends on how crazy
you want to try to make this
um you know waterproof or water
resistant
so the other way to do this is to
actually open this up
waterproof the wires with dielectrical
grease which basically it's just a
electrical grease that you put in all
the connections squish them back
together that makes it waterproof and
then taking
um silicone and siliconing your speed
controller
so I'm gonna pop this apart and I'll
kind of show you
um where to silicone the different
things inside if that's the route you're
going to take
if you go the other route which is
basically taking all of these components
apart and siliconing everything on this
battery box which is from up here all
the way down that's something you're
gonna have to undergo yourself that
because it's a major project with taking
every single screw apart uh every little
uh part and then just siliconing
everything making it completely
waterproof if you're gonna submerge this
in water which I don't really recommend
doing anyway because you do have your
electric motors
and you have um you know your lights and
stuff like that which are going to be
going on the water eventually it's going
to damage them because this is
electrical so let me pause the video get
you in closer uh pull this cover off
I'll kind of show you where you need to
um silicone or dialectical Grease the
connections to make this waterproof okay
so we're here at the battery compartment
in the front of the scooter here the
handlebars and all of you can see it's
tilted back there's throw it away so you
could either use
um you know a powered Phillips
screwdriver like this or just a regular
one
so you're going to be unscrewing this
one on the bottom here
this screws into plastic so just be
careful when you're putting it back you
don't mess this plastic tray up because
it's only plastic
there's one on the side light over here
and the other ones this side light over
here
and that's all that holds this cover on
you're going to be removing this cover
and you see that's what I was saying
there's no gasket that runs around this
so and matter of fact there's a big
giant hole at the top so as the water
comes down it would go right into here
fill this tray up with water and it
would get inside here
so
if you're looking to really waterproof
disc and you go completely crazy like I
said down in the this areas you have
giant holes where these lights come out
of
and that's where the water is going to
actually seep into two you have to you
would have to run a bead of silicone
around this
or make a gasket to waterproof this
cover here
and as you could tell I kind of
repositioned this here already and I
have it up off the ground so that it's
not flopping around or it's not resting
on the bottom here
so the speed controller itself okay is
somewhat uh sealed up so you could tell
that they tried to put a little bit of
sealer here it's that little black stuff
there they do have the end cap sealed
okay you there's a little bit of you
could kind of see it's like a little
piece of rubber that runs around
but what they don't have is they don't
have these silicones so you would dab
the silicone on here obviously
dab the silicone all around these screws
here
you would make a giant just I mean you
would go crazy around these three
openings
the more the better because if you don't
seal this off you will kill this
controller this is what you're going to
kill
so you have the three other screws on
the other side right here
and that will pretty much seal off this
controller so you'll be fine now the
biggest issue I found with this again is
their wire connections none of these
are waterproof
and you could pretty much tell when you
take yours apart and you pull these off
they're just regular run-of-the-mill
connections
so let's say you live by the shore you
live in a place where they're throwing
down salt on the roads or anything like
that once that salty water gets in here
and it gets on these connections it will
link all these connections uh shorting
out your speed controller
so you have to really
um
keep in mind that you have to
seal all of these that are in see this
one here it has that nice
that really nice water Tight Seal so
this one you shouldn't be too concerned
with you can put a nice bead around this
just to seal it off okay
so
if you get something
you can get all types of stuff
um so
you have something like this here which
is ultra black
from Permatex
you could use this if you want to go
with something black or you could go
with a home windows and doors or bathtub
type of silicone something if you're
going to be riding in very cold
temperatures it's going to not harden up
and crack it'll stay kind of flexible
still
so you
know you
um some type of dialectical grease
um
it'll say actually electrical grease on
it or silicone dialectical compound you
could use anything like that
they call it a bunch of different things
I mean even if you get something like
this yes I know it's for breaks but it
retains a gooey consistency it doesn't
dry out it repels water that's what
you're looking to do anything that you
could take and you can jam a whole ton
of it into these components
so you would take it and you would
literally just Jam a whole ton of it in
there like that
keeping the water out
and basically as you squish it together
it's squishing it it'll actually come
out of these sections here so as the
water tries to get in it's it's just not
going to get in it's impossible
so you go ahead and do every single wire
in this compartment which is going to
take you a while so don't go crazy uh
take your time if it takes you you know
an extra you know time like a full day
or something
um you know take your time and do it
also make sure that these different
accessories are up off this floor here
make sure this you know this box seems
like it's really this one at least is
really done very well
so I won't do that one but make sure
yours has no air gaps it's completely
sealed up all these little again all
these little fittings yes they have
silicones on the side but if you open
these up
if they didn't silicone yours apparently
they siliconed mine if you open these up
you'll see that they don't have anything
on the inside and that's the problem
because as the Water Works its way down
it will wow they silicone these things
together so you'll probably have to pry
these apart but again you could see that
there's no silicone they didn't go all
the way around
so what's going to happen is this will
get water in it
and it will basically short this out
let's get this off of here so I can get
this off
and I'm sure the reason why they're
doing this is so that this doesn't come
apart when you're riding the scooter
but right now we're worried more about
trying to make this waterproof
so if we go through water we're not
having a heart attack that we're going
to kill the scooter
so try to get this apart
see
yeah slowly coming there we go
oh at least they did their job they kept
it together okay so now that I have it
apart you can really see
how there's there is nothing other than
this to hold it together
there was nothing to keep the water out
they did silicone this side
and they sealed this side which is great
but let's face it when you're when you
have it together like that
the water is going to get in between
these gaps
right like that so again
we're going to take
this electrical Grease
dab it on
and then jam it back together and if
you're worried about this
um
coming apart while you're riding it you
could do the same thing you can put a
dab of
um RTV silicone whatever you want just
the kind of
um you know right on the corner there or
over here in the back or you could take
a a very tiny zip tie like I did over
here and zip tie it together
so if you give it a tug and it's not
coming loose or coming out with you
pulling it it's it's not going to come
apart so again you have to do that with
every single
wire in this scooter
so
um
that's pretty much it that's how you do
that also this here I found mine
um obviously they cut it
but it was just flapping around the ends
were
um you know they were open
so I basically taped it up to make sure
that it didn't contact anything and
short this out
this way I don't have a problem so again
if you want to actually see what the
battery looks like and how large this
battery really is in the um S10
it is it's just a ginormous battery it
goes
it basically goes from all the way down
here
right about here
and it's the whole length of this
battery compartment and you can see down
in here
that's the top of the battery so this
this battery is is huge I mean it's it's
a giant battery so
the second
so we're just lower than the second one
so we're right about here this Mark
so you're from the bottom all the way to
the top that's how big this battery is
and that's why you're able to go so far
with this scooter
Okay so
again if if you're really looking to get
this thing to the point where you can
ride it in the rain ride it in the snow
ride it back and forth to work and not
have to worry about
um shorting out your controller this is
basically what you have to do take your
time
don't rush be very very careful with
these wires
um I can't stress that enough because a
lot of these wires they may not some of
them may not seem fragile but they're
fragile so if you start bending them
moving them doing all types of crazy
things with them
it's it's possible you can damage them
and then you put this all back together
and you're you're scratching your head
going uh what just happened here
so
definitely take your time especially as
you can see when you're putting it back
because you have the wires coming out
this side and the wires coming out this
side you want to again stay away from
them but yet slowly push this down
you want to get this here up off the
ground so it's it's it's quite it's a
pain in the butt that's why
um
when I did this the last time I was
checking this out because I did lose
power uh the second week I had this
um I came off the curb and all of a
sudden all power went out I had zero
power I actually had to push myself back
home uh rather than walking along the
side of this I had to push it home with
my foot so I was kind of like it was
like a push scooter
um so I basically got it home I took it
apart and I found that again the main
connection from the battery up popped
the part and that's why I put the zip
tie so
that little box now is All the Way to
the Top This you cannot get all the way
to the top because you have all these
wires coming in
so if you push that little box all the
way down and then you can get this up
under all of these cables you can then
push up
get this box under
all of these cables
and then down and then get it so that
you can get it up back up matter of fact
you know what I'm gonna do I'm gonna
push
then I'm going to get this box down here
push all these to this side here
and these little the little wires for
the lights I think those are the most
fragile so just be careful with those
coming into the compartment
also uh one viewer did make a suggestion
and he's absolutely right
he's absolutely right
um you want to try to keep this
controller cool as cool as possible
because
especially in the summertime if you live
in areas that get extremely hot
um you you want to try to keep this cool
so
you if you could keep this right here
even with that plastic cover as the
plastic cover gets hit with the air and
and kind of this heat will transfer to
the cover the cover will help keep this
cool
um I have been told by a couple of
viewers that they were thinking of
drilling holes
in this cover
to keep this cool
I would refrain from that because as you
could tell by the look of this this is
the only thing protecting all those
wires this speed controller and the
battery from stuff flying into it so I
would resist from doing that I wouldn't
do that
um if you
um want to you could possibly do some
type of venting up on top
maybe but then you have issues with
water you know going down in there so
the other thing you probably could do
too is make this uh cover instead of
plastic make it out of aluminum
and then this way it becomes a heat sink
along with the controller and this will
become a heatsink
transferring the heat from this
controller to this cooling the
controller down
that is definitely a an option
but try not to drill holes in this
because I think you're going to create a
big problem
um so once again once you're done with
all this you're going to have your three
screws
put your three screws back be very
careful because this is only plastic
and you'll strip it out
uh generally to put it back I I use a
real screwdriver because I don't really
don't want to strip this
um
and then that's it that's as far as
um as far as you have to go I mean
everything else should be good as long
as you waterproof all those connections
put like I said the dabs of uh silicone
around those screws on the controller
make sure the controllers really uh
water tight and then obviously where
your your charging port goes uh either
definitely keep this closed or go on uh
the one website get the screw one that
screws down with the gasket and I think
you'll be really uh you'll be doing good
especially if you're just commuting or
something and you end up getting uh hit
with rain you should be fine so that's
it with this video thanks for watching
subscribe
um comments or questions or ideas for
videos definitely let me know and I'll
try to get them out there for you
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