For those of you who may remember me, I am the person with the scooter that operates using two 12 volt lead, acid-free batteries. Finally, I was able to get an "excellent" re-charger, a 24 volt, 5 Amp charger that works perfectly, especially compared to anything that I have been able to buy anywhere. This one has a fan inside, is a three-step re-charger, and has done an excellent job in re-charging "all" of my batteries (having been through the process of buying three sets, all due to a lack of a good charger).
Now, I have an important question: After re-charging the set of batteries that are currently in my scooter, I used the scooter to ride on the one and only road that is on the farm where I live. The road is approximately 1/4 to almost 1/2 mile in length and has a steady "incline" of about 2 degrees (I think that's the correct terminology; in any event, it does have sufficient incline to put somewhat of a strain on the batteries). After doing this twice (at this stage, I am merely "experimenting"), the "power level meter" on my scooter has moved down one "notch," with four notches -- all of which are illuminated).
Now, is this is "best time" to re-charge the batteries? Should I wait until the meter goes down to about 1/2 first?
Also -- I used the new re-charger to charge the other batteries I also have (two other sets), and my wife helped me install them into the scooter -- just did this to ensure that they also did the same thing -- which is that they registered a "full" power in the batteries, which "never" happened using the other charger I had -- a simple, plug-in,
1000mAmp charger that only charged the batteries (at the most) up to 1/2 of normal. When I read that it does more damage using a "cheaper, less powerful" charger to the batteries, I decided to wait for the arrival of my new, more powerful charger.With respect to these "stand-by batteries, should I "re-charge them" occassionally? Would having them sit for more than a few weeks cause more damage than putting them on the charger for the amount of time to re-charge? The unit takes about 1 hour to fully charge two batteries -- what a difference!
I would appreciate a response from those who have already helped me in the past, or anyone else who may know about this situation.
Thanks,
Mark -- in Florida.