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Old 07-12-2014, 04:19 AM   #175 (permalink)
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FYI, since my initial work based originally on info in this thread, and similar info at Insight central, I've found that 'blind' cycling isn't a very good strategy to recondition packs. For the most part, the reason is that even very bad sticks can discharge 6500 mAh at a 10 amp rate... You can do 3-5 full charge/discharge cycles and end up balancing the cells to a degree, and will probably be able to spot the really bad sticks if you graph the data. But it takes a long time, and the data aren't very indicative of... much. I wrote up some info at this thread covering my last job/'research'. You can probably skip over a lot of it, there's an outline of a strategy at the bottom of the thread:
stick, IMA battery reconditioning, testing - Insight Central: Honda Insight Forum
These methods take more hands-on, active work, but you can generally break up the project into easier chunks and it doesn't take as long overall. Plus, the data produced are much more informative - you'll know what to expect, which sticks should be replaced, which sticks to pair-up, etc...
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