Thanks a Million: A 'Scooter Story'

I want to take this time to thank those who responded to my inquiry
concerning the placement of batteries in a parallel circuit; the
situation concerns my scooter, which I desperately need in order to
navigate my little world. Some of you may recall my name, as I dealt
with a different issue concerning this scooter some time ago. In spite
of not being helped by the 'brick and mortar' place I bought the
scooter, the problem was eventually found; a friend of mine found that
the wiring to the fuse was all corroded. Go figure!

In any event, a friend of mine came by today to hook up the two other
batteries; everything is fine. I certainly couldn't do it. I can't even
lift one of the batteries without experiencing pain.

Now -- the question turns to recharging. I am assuming, because the
'unit' is still being considered a 12-volt system, that my charger,
which is an excellent one from UPS (charges 12 volt systems such as
mine in about 4 hours), that the charger will recognize it as such. Am
I correct? Am I also correct to assume that it will probably take a
little longer (perhaps almost as twice the time) to recharge, given a
situation when the batteries are in need of a full charge?

I did read one respondent's concerns -- about the risk of the
batteries' demise, should they 'blow up.' I don't doubt that this can
happen, although I have yet to see a battery meet its death in this
way. So, I am assuming that 'all systems go.' The scooter works fine;
the 'idiot light,' when I first had the other batteries hooked up,
registered about 3/4, which is about right, considering the state of
all of the batteries when it was done.

Thanks again --

Mark

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