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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·1 day agoI wanted to share what I’ve been doing for harm reduction, since i pretty much have to charge my scooter indoors. I bought a $10 countdown timer outlet that plugs into the wall. If i want to charge the scooter to 100% i set it to 6 hours or so. Scootbatt recently came out with an app estimate that does two helpful things: Gives an estimate for how a charge up to 80% will take Notifies your phone when the scooter reaches 80% I use these features to charge until 80% and then de-energize the charger, unless i am going to need 100% charge that day.
I wanted to share what I’ve been doing for harm reduction, since i pretty much have to charge my scooter indoors.
I bought a $10 countdown timer outlet that plugs into the wall. If i want to charge the scooter to 100% i set it to 6 hours or so.
Scootbatt recently came out with an app estimate that does two helpful things:
I use these features to charge until 80% and then de-energize the charger, unless i am going to need 100% charge that day.