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Originally Posted by Daox
19Ah doesn't seem like much at all. What does that give you for range?
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It's like 10 miles w/heat running, or 13 miles w/o heat. It's not much at all, but I think it has to do with the fact that I've never truly cycled them while in the Force. All the driving I've been doing has been 5-8 miles, or no more than 10-11 AH. I know NiMH need loads of cycling before they achieve any decent performance so this might take a while because they can have some memory affects. Even so, currently it's working out great for around town errands, which is where most of the gas these days is being wasted.
My next drive I am going draw 25-30 AH by driving until the voltage gets low, then let the heat, fans and lights run for an hour or so. I can still draw power past 19 AH, its just not at driving speeds.