| Here is a little unknown secret: | | | | give each other a jump. We let it run for 20 minutes |
| What most of us don't know, is that the 'kill switch' | | | | and it recharges the battery - all is well. What we have |
| continues to drain our batteries, it's like an "ON" switch. | | | | all assumed is that Scooters are the same way, but |
| The problem is all of us leave the kill switch 'on', even | | | | they are not. If we have a half charged battery, it |
| when the scooter isn't running; and that is draining our | | | | remains half charged for about 3 months, then it just |
| batteries. What no one told us, is that we need to shut | | | | dies one day. Then we are all off to the Scooter |
| it off each time we walk away from our scooters. We | | | | repair shop to buy our 2nd or 3rd battery for the year. |
| all assume that if our scooter starts right up again, the | | | | Frustrating, isn't it? |
| battery must be fully charged, but that simply isn't true. | | | | Want the solution? It's easy, just shut off the kill switch. |
| So the secret is to shut off the kill switch every time | | | | So simply tell yourself when you stop your scooter, |
| we turn off the scooter and take out the key. | | | | we have to do TWO things, not one. We have to |
| The other big secret is no one ever told us that | | | | remove the key AND turn off the kill switch. That will |
| Scooters are not like cars. Scooters don't recharge | | | | shut off the battery and stop the slow draining that |
| the batteries on their own. When our car is dead, we | | | | continues to haunt all of us. |