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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Thanks, good point.
Also, while the Insight is off the road, I'll have a chance to diagnose & repair the hybrid battery pack... I'm happy to report I just scored a great deal (yay eBay) on a special battery charger that will let me test (charge/discharge cycle to determine capacity) the NiMH subpacks:
The Super Brain 989, as recommended by several other Insight owners. |
Although it wouldn't discharge very quickly $3 would buy a battery charger that would charge it nice and slow so you could equalize and watch the pack manually.
i made mine out of a diode and burnt up multi-outlet and an old light, but you can also make them out of caps and a bridge.
My "charger" can be used to place a load of a known value on the circuit or used to slowly charge the battery, I also have used the switch on the power strip to convert the unit into a capacitor charger (but it only puts out maybe 1/4 amp)
Cheers
Ryan