Battery Charge #3

July 10, 2011: 9 AM: Drove 16 miles Sherwood to Portland, Oregon for EV Appreciation Day at Pioneer Square, downtown.  Took I-5. Arrived, No problem.  Pack Voltage after arrival was 150V; 60% state of charge.  PFC 30 charger was inop.  Received help from EVA club with a PFC 50.  Charged batteries, intially at 50 amps for 1 1/2  hours, dropping amperage as pack voltage recheached 170V. 

July 10, 5PM: Returned home from Portland to Sherwood.  Ranger maintained it speed up the Terwilliger Curves and up all hills with no problems.  Pack voltage at home 150.6V 60% state of charge.

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