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Hi Guys,

I'm looking for experience or opinions on an idea before I take off half 
cocked and possibly do something dumb.

In exploring new a cave, it looks like my buddy and I may be overreaching the 
limits of the battery capacity of the Mako's we'll be using.  I'm thinking of 
using a 3/4 inch aluminum plate in the nose of the scooters so we can drill 
and tap holes for water tight electrical pass throughs.  The wires from the 
motor and the battery would be brought outside the scooter body and connected 
together with a wet mate connector.

This is so when the battery gets too low, I could hook the batteries from a 
light canister onto the motor and keep on going.  The motor is set for 24 
volts and I could easily wire the two batteries in a waist canister in 
series.  The Mako batteries are 17 Amp-hours @ 24 volts and each waist 
canister would be an additional 7 Amp-hours @ 24 volts.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for your time.  Take care and safe diving,       Scott

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