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Old 01-08-2012, 12:27 PM   #35 (permalink)
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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

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90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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How long will a complete pack analysis take?

About 9 days, going around the clock:
  • 7 A charge including 20 minute rest takes ~80 minutes (@ ~6500 mAh capacity)
  • 10 A discharge including 20 minute rest takes ~40 min
  • So, one complete cycle (rest + discharge + rest + charge) takes ~2 hours (120 minutes). (Of course not all cycles will take 2 hours, particularly the initial ones where capacity is lower.)
  • If I auto cycle each stick 5 times, that's ~10 hours per stick. 10 hours x 20 sticks = 200 hours. That's 8.3 days.
  • Factor in the final self-discharge top-up and other fiddling around, and let's round that up to 9 full days.
A note on the SuperBrain 989's "auto cycle" feature:

If cycling is stopped prematurely (ie. after 4 cycles of a defined 5 cycle run), you lose the saved charge & discharge mAh data from the previous cycles. (Ask me how I know this. )
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