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Originally Posted by usmclowrider
I charged it for about 30 hours total. However, I did not monitor it towards the end. The last time I looked at it, it was at 193 and when I unplugged it a few hours later it was at 196, so maybe it could have used some more charging. I will try again this weekend.
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Aha. I bet you did not charge the battery at all!
The second gen Civic Hybrid uses 132 NiMH cells at 156 Volt. While charging it should be close to that, not 193 Volt.
Honda Hybrids have a switch in the middle of the pack that breaks if you key off. The terminals should not be live then. If you attach a charger with the key off you are measuring the chargers open unloaded voltage.
If you key on (no need to actually start the engine) with the charger attached you should see the voltage drop, as then the pack will take the current...
(this all assuming you have indeed not charged it with the key on...)
Hope this helps... and that I'm not in the wrong here.
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