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Old 09-07-2011, 02:41 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
The automated charge/discharge cycling feature of this charger is a big benefit here.

You set it to run each stick (subpack) through a number of full cycles and it records the amp-hour capacity of each stick for later viewing.

Multiple cycles on each of the 20 sticks is a time consumnig process. Apparently it takes something like a week or two to fully examine the pack in this way to identify the bad/weak sticks. Doing it "manually" would be a marathon!

I haven't yet read up on grid-charging to equalize the pack, though I know some owners are grid charging.
Hi Metro,

For grid charging, look here...

Picasa Web Albums - Jim - Battery Trick...

I have been grid charging my pack nightly for the last two months.

Jim.
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