7/31/11: Drove 11 miles. State of Charge after was 150 V (60%). Finally have one BMS regulator installed and regulating. Started Charge:
Turned current to 24 Amps for 110 minutes to 171V.
When Pack reached 170.1V, MK3 Regulator on Battery 13 and 20 was reading:
01V 14.25V 01M1 3.30V 01R 090F 01X COLD 01500 O1MA 14.82V 01V 6.98V.
Green light on this regulator was blinking indicating it was regulating. 4 other regulators for batteries 3-4;7-12 were blue and charging below peak voltage OK.
Turned current to 15 Amps for 15 minutes to 170V.
When Pack reached 170.8V, MK3 Regulator on Battery 13 and 20 was reading:
01V 14.25V 01M1 3.30V 01R 090F 01X COLD 01500 O1MA 14.79V 01V 7.02V.
Green light on this regulator was blinking again indicating it was regulating. 4 other regulators for batteries 3-4;7-12 were blue and charging below peak voltage OK.
Turned current to 9.5 Amps for 20 minutes to 170V.
Turned current to 5 Amps for 5 minutes (short).
Charge time was 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Final Voltage Warm 162.5V.
Final Voltage Cold > 8 hours later 154V.
August 23, 2012:
August 24, 2012
August 23, 2012: There have been approximately 20 charges and 250 more miles since my