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Originally Posted by cowmeat
Will the grid charge still even out the cells if it doesn't fully charge the battery?
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No. It won't. It can't balance the battery unless all the cells reach 100%. With that being said, 30 hours should be the max you need to charge. It's literally impossible to put more then 6AH into the battery. Going past 30, you are just going to waste electricity. You can't hurt the battery per-se, but waste money, yea. I don't go over 24 hours myself, ever.
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Originally Posted by Ecky
Well, as I understand it the voltage will stop rising once the cells are full. If it's still rising, not all of your cells have reached peak and it's not completely balanced yet.
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In some cases, yes, in most cases, no. My pack during the day when it's 65-75F outside the pack will peak 169-172, at night, when it's ~50F, it will peak 175-179. In both instances it will still fluctuate 1-3 volts. Temperature makes a difference on peak voltage .