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Been really busy with work lately!
Today was the first time in a week that I drove the Metro. (All of my work has been far away lately, and involved hauling lots of gear.)
I had to run out today for one quick errand. I have been running the car most recently at 120V.
It looks like one of the new AGMs is really no good. Two of the other ones seem like they are fine as long as I don't work them too hard, but their voltage drops fast if I pull any decent amount of amps.
For now, I think I am going to pull the one bad AGM. That drops the car back to 108V, which is the highest my serial charger goes to.
The other trouble that I have is that my analog volt meter only goes to 100 - so even a fully charged 96V system is too much for it. Right now, the volt-meter is disconnected. I may temporarily replace it with with a cheap-o multimeter for now. I would much prefer an analog meter to a digital one though.
The other issue is that I have had an "ozone" smell a few times since installing the AGMs. As far as I know, that smell can come from arcing. All my cables and batteries look good though. Can a battery internal short cause that kind of a smell?
Anyways, after driving the car today, I realized HOW COOL IT IS.
Really! You turn it on, and it just goes! No engine noise, no gasoline fumes, smooth and quiet.
PS: My wife says that I am WAY nerdier right now than when we got married.
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