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Old 02-23-2010, 04:13 PM   #151 (permalink)
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I completely agree, this should be a part of the kit. It really is a pain to have to do all this stuff just to make sure it works after the warranty is gone.

Apparently the battery manufacturer is incorporating over voltage protection right into the batteries. Enginer still has no safe low voltage disconnect or even alarms. It waits for the pack voltage to drop to X before it turns off. Since the batteries don't all have the same capacity this inevitably means that a couple are going to go way too low.

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