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Originally Posted by rgathright
Now, you should install an AC amp meter on the feed to the charger so you can see how many amps you are pulling. The charger should be slowing down and as you become more familiar with it, you can start to see based on wattage pull, how full the batteries are.
I use a Kill A Watt P4400 to monitor my battery charger consumption and find it extremely helpful in identifying this same situation. However, I also have an integrated amp meter on the DC side as well.  |
I had it hooked up to a killawatt. Near the end before the beep it was pulling 2A @ 120V roughly. So, thats roughly 4.5A going into the pack. I'll dial down the shut off voltage a bit so it slows down a bit more hopefully. I may also take the advise and try to swap cells out of the parallel pair with a weaker set to balance the pack better.