September 27, 2011, Thursday: Today, I drove another 10.2 miles. Since the conversion and driving daily the EV truck has driven 643 miles without failure. The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home today with a state of charge was ~60% or 150.5 Volts. It is cooler today 63F. Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 7:45 PM, at 28.0 Amps. Charger reduced current to zero at 9:03 PM. Total charge time was 1 hour and 18 minutes. Warm peak pack voltage, absorption, was 175.0V. Base voltages readings near the end of charge (12.3 Amps at 8:50PM) were:
Reg 1: 14.50V
Reg 2: 14.50V
Reg 3: 14.51V Highest
Reg 4: 14.34V
Reg 5: 14.47V
Reg 6: 14.50V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.47V
Reg 9: 13.97V Lowest.
Reg10:13.98V
Reg11:14.50V
Reg12:14.48V
August 23, 2012:
August 24, 2012
August 23, 2012: There have been approximately 20 charges and 250 more miles since my