August 11, 2011: All the BMS regulators were hooked up and are communicating except one. The EV Ranger is driving 16 miles to downtown Portland and back today (32 miles round trip). At lunch time, I charged at a friends house near work, (Thanks Mike and Jenn!). I am anticipating a long charge at 110V downtown tonight. Drove 4.5 miles. Pack was 152.5V. I charged at 10 Amps at 110V for 1 hour to 153.5V. Drove downtown to the Portland World Trade Center for OEVA, Oregon Electric Vehicle Association monthly meeting. This was an additonal 12 miles with hills. Ford Ranger EV made it smooth with no problems.
Pack Voltage downtown was 149.6V. State of Charge 55%.
Started charging at 4:30PM at 110V and 13.6 Amps.
Charge finished at 11PM. Pack voltage was 173V at 17 Amps towards the end of charge. This was a long 6.5 hour charge at 110V outlet. Regulator#1, #2 and #3 reached the 14.50V first. I drove the truck home with no problems, with Ernie Hagel of OEVA and Volswagon EPC. Thanks Ernie! I left downtown at 11PM and arrived in Sherwood at 11:30PM.
NEXT: Set all limits on regulators and final replacement regulator should have arrived today.
