September 6, 2011: Today, I drove another 15 miles. To date, this Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle has driven 476 miles with 100% reliability and no problems. It averages 5 KWHR charge per night for 1 hour and 40 minutes. I arrived home tonight with a state of charge was 73% or 151.3 Volts. Started automated charge of the Full River DC-250 AGMs with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 6:40 PM, at 26 Amps (outside temp was 85F): At 8:10 PM at 21 Amps, the Manzanita Micro blue light started blinking and the pack reached 169.1V. Regulators on the peak batteries started regulating.
Peak voltages read were:
Reg 1: 14.52V
Reg 1: 14.52V
Reg 2: 14.11V Lowest
Reg 3: 14.64V
Reg 4: 14.31V
Reg 5: 14.18V
Reg 6: 14.33V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.26V
Reg 9: 14.44V
Reg 3: 14.64V
Reg 4: 14.31V
Reg 5: 14.18V
Reg 6: 14.33V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.26V
Reg 9: 14.44V
Reg10:14.75V Highest
Reg11:14.21V
Reg12:14.48V
Warm peak pack voltage, absorption, was 175.0V.
Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 8:50 PM. Total charge time was 2 hour and 10 minutes.
Reg11:14.21V
Reg12:14.48V
Warm peak pack voltage, absorption, was 175.0V.
Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 8:50 PM. Total charge time was 2 hour and 10 minutes.
