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MetroMPG · 02-12-2012, 09:11 PM

Ha - nice avatar.

Aggressively cycling an old pack -- in the car, as you are -- can help bring back "lost" capacity. You can see this in the results of cycling my sticks - discharge capacity increased over ~4-6 cyles.

But!

It won't help much if the pack is also out of balance. A grid charger would, though.

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