VSI is the controller under the joy stick. Water will ruin the electronic circuits . The controller is expensive new. You can find rebuilt ones cheaper or can have yours rebuilt. Check your local mobility service shop or on line repair facilities.
SOURCE: I need a used/remanufactured 50 Amp VSI Controller
Search ebay, you'll find them new and used, and make sure that the connection into the chair matches up with your chair...most will send you a picture of it, and also make sure that the controller is programmed for RWD (Rear Wheel Drive), or you will also need to get a PP1 programmer to reset it for your chair. If it came off of any RWD chair and the connections are the same, it will work on your GO-GO.
SOURCE: Chair won't move. Power
check the freewheel levers. the clicking you hear is the electric brakes energizing. hope this helps
SOURCE: Diagnosing VSI joystick controller
I have a Golden Alante power chair. The on/off switch will not operate after I got caught in a rain storm. I took the joystick apart and cleaned the contacts with alcohol but it still does not work. I can short across the two terminals on the circuit board to turn it on. The rubber buttons have what I assume is some sort of carbon infused contact to short across the two gold color contacts on the circuit board. That did not help. Does anyone know of a more effective cleaner that might help rejuvenate the contacts? HELP!
LOCKING/UNLOCKING THE VSI
The VSI has a feature that enables you to lock your power chair to prevent
unauthorized use.
To lock the VSI:
1. With the VSI powered on, press and hold the on/off key. After one (1)
second, the VSI should beep.
2. Release the on/off key.
3. Push the joystick to the full forward position until the VSI beeps.
4. Pull the joystick to the full rearward position until the VSI beeps.
5. Release the joystick. There should be a long beep.
6. The VSI is now locked.
To unlock the VSI:
1. Press the on/off key and power on the VSI. The maximum speed/profile
indicator should ripple side to side.
Good Luck
mimobility
LOCKING/UNLOCKING THE VSI
The VSI has a feature that enables you to lock your power chair to prevent
unauthorized use.
To lock the VSI:
1. With the VSI powered on, press and hold the on/off key. After one (1)
second, the VSI should beep.
2. Release the on/off key.
3. Push the joystick to the full forward position until the VSI beeps.
4. Pull the joystick to the full rearward position until the VSI beeps.
5. Release the joystick. There should be a long beep.
6. The VSI is now locked.
To unlock the VSI:
1. Press the on/off key and power on the VSI. The maximum speed/profile
indicator should ripple side to side.
Good Luck
mimobility
I am assuming you have a Jet 7 with a VSI controller (manufactured by Penny and Giles) with a steady flash of all the speed and profile LEDs (lights). This is a no drive away feature of the VSI if the charger is plugged in. The older Penny and Giles controllers indicate the same flash code.
If you have an on- board charger check to see if it is plugged into the wall. If it is, unplug it and see if the chair runs. Sometimes, you have to remove the back cover and unplug the charger haress at the output of the charger inside the electronics housing (much more difficult). A failed on-board charger can inhibit the VSI controller (no drive away) even if it unplugged from the wall outlet. There is also a charger inhibit harness with a fuse that might have failed. A qualified technician can jumper this harness to bypass and test.
If you have an off-board charger unplug it from the wall or unplug it from the charging port in the front of the VSI. If the chair runs in either case you have a bad charger.
You may also have a bad VSI controller which can be rebuilt or replaced. Start with the basic charger unplug tests and then work your way to the VSI controller. Hope this helps.
LOCKING/UNLOCKING THE VSI
The VSI has a feature that enables you to lock your power chair to prevent
unauthorized use.
To lock the VSI:
1. With the VSI powered on, press and hold the on/off key. After one (1)
second, the VSI should beep.
2. Release the on/off key.
3. Push the joystick to the full forward position until the VSI beeps.
4. Pull the joystick to the full rearward position until the VSI beeps.
5. Release the joystick. There should be a long beep.
6. The VSI is now locked.
To unlock the VSI:
1. Press the on/off key and power on the VSI. The maximum speed/profile
indicator should ripple side to side.
Good Luck
mimobility
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