Battery Charge #29
- jbradleylaird
- Aug 16, 2011
- 1 min read
August 16, 2011: Today was another 9 mile drive. The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was 75% or 152.5Volts. Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 5:57PM:
All regulators high limits are set to 14.50V.
Set charger at 28 Amps.23 minutes later I returned to see the charger cutting back current to 22.1 Amps. Maximum pack voltage was 175.0V.
At that time, I changed the PFC 30 charger to 14 Amps.
34 minutes later, the blue light started blinking and timer started.
Peak voltages read were:
Reg 1: 14.50V
Rge 2: 14.47V
Reg 3: 14.51V
Reg 4: 14.05V
Reg 5: 14.18V
Reg 6: 14.20V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.49V
Reg 9: 14.03V
Reg10:14.49V
Reg11:14.50V
Reg12:14.59V
Warm final volatge was 175.0V.
30 minutes later, charger shut off after lowering to 6.7amps
Total charge time was 1 hour and 30 minutes.