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Originally Posted by Trinost
I have been thinking of breaking out of the 350mA after all the reading I have done and the grid charge and discharge I performed. It worked for about 2k miles, but than the IMA light came back. I am thinking need a stronger charge to deal with the resistance in the cells something like a Mean Well LPC-100-500 either at Powergate, Mouser Electronics, or I think Newark is another vendor? What are your thoughts on that?
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I wouldn't use 500mA for
balancing but that's just me. Going from 350mA to 500mA you will generate 60W of heat instead of 42W (at 120V).
500mA is probably perfectly fine for normal charging as long as you make sure that you stop when the first cells start to hit 100% SoC. After all, the IMA has 10kW maximum output, which is about 80A at 120V. It charges at least at 10A current in maximum regen, probably more.