I decided to get the work done and have the internal charger installed. The result, the internal charger is incredibly quieter and the power cord gets a little warm but not hot like the external charger. It looks like to me upon inspection that they found a sealed water resistent charger and it's installed under the rear section of the cart. The new charger has a "real" charging supply cord with a 3 prong plug that plugs into the cart and the red and green charging lights are now by the charging port on the cart. The rate of charging seems to be about the same as the external charger. See the attached pictures.
The external charger worked just fine but I found it very noisey and I didn't like the fact that the power cord got so hot when charging for a long time.
The price for this upgrade varies depending if your lithium batteries are still within the 3 year warranty.
While this upgrade isn't something you have to do if you are fine with the external charger, I wanted to provide my experience for those who might be interested.
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