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Old 11-07-2009, 07:55 PM   #1311 (permalink)
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How are the new batteries working out?
I dont' know yet! Been working long days far away. No time to do much with the car yet.


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Old 11-07-2009, 08:39 PM   #1312 (permalink)
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The secret to having time to work, is to work like 3 hours per day, and live in your mother-in-law's basement.
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The secret to having time to work, is to work like 3 hours per day, and live in your mother-in-law's basement.
I must not get the secret... I work 0 hours per day (unless you count taking care of my Son), and still have no time to do anything, except those times that I do happen to have enough time to get something done, but not the proper funds/equipment/whatever necessary.

Oh, and I live in an apartment of my Father in Law's house.
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This morning, I drove the Electro-Metro to drop my wife off for her car pool.

I have been working a lot lately, all farther away than EV range, so I really haven't had a chance to test the new batteries yet.

One battery seemed a bit off when I tested it before, so I checked it with a volt meter before leaving. Yep, it was down to 12.45V.

When I got back, I checked that battery and it was WAY LOW! (below 10.5V!!!)
As were TWO OTHER of the new AGM batteries.

I am manually recharging those three batteries right now with individual chargers, and we will see how they perform after that.

I would love to run the car at 144V. I still have a few things stopping me.
One is just mounting 12 batteries. I already have 1 in front, 5 in the back seat batt. box, and four across the trunk space. I still need two more to go to hit 144V. Looks like it's time to build a front battery rack under the hood!

I also picked up two faulty 72V chargers. They only "float-charge" right now. Apparently, these chargers are mounted the wrong direction in the vehicle they come in. Then the heat sinks don't work right and it melts the solder in a certain place on the board. Supposedly, if I crack them open and fix that solder joint, they should work fine again. Two of them together would charge a 144V pack.
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I bet the new batteries need a few cycles on them to bring them up to par.

I have been reading up on GEL and AGM batteries hoping to decided what to get for my next set of batteries.
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