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Old 07-19-2012, 10:16 AM   #327 (permalink)
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Last night I worked on the batteries. First, I cleaned the cells, their terminals, and connectors. A couple cells look really rough (scorched from heat) but they tested good so I'm using them. Next, I connected all the parallel sets. The strongest cell was connected in parallel with the weakest cell, next strongest with next weakest so on and so forth. This leaves me with a pretty closely balanced pack. My lowest parallel capacity is 64.1Ah and the strongest set is 65.5Ah. By doing this it maximizes the usable capacity of the battery pack.

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