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How Important is it that 2 lithium battery packs in parallel have same voltage? More info in description?

I added a second battery to my xiaomi scooter but did not realize that the extra battery I ordered does not charge thru discharge wires! Xiaomi scooter has regenerative charging (charges itself a little when braking etc) so it charges the original battery when braking etc but the other battery does not receive that charge. So when I go a little ways the volts get more and more unequal. At least that is why I believe they become unequal anyway?  Is this real dangerous? I cannot find any info online about it. Just that they need to be equal volts when connecting them .. 

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    Lv 7
    10 months ago

    It Is ABSOLUTELY VITAL that all of the batteries be the same in both voltage and Ah capacity. 

    Any battery setup using parallel connections REQUIRES equal voltages from all batteries,and successful charging demands that they have equal current capability.   

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