The local community college is doing a pickup conversion. They had to
pick up the batteries before the end of the fiscal year so they have
been sitting for about 3 months. I finally convinced them that they
needed to be charged so we hooked them up and charged them. I got to
thinking that since the ones who may be driving the pickup when it is
finished might not be gentle on the batteries for the first few
charges that they should be cycled a little before we install them in
the pickup. Hopefully they will have the batteries in by January. I
have a load bank of light bulbs I took over and did about a 25Ah
discharge on them and then recharged them. I have enough bulbs to do a
12A load. My question is, how deep should I discharge them for the
first few cycles and how many cycles should I put on them before they
get installed in the truck?
FWIW, there is a picture of the pickup at www.lceva.org and more
pictures at our ning archive at
http://www.lceva.org/ning_archive/lccevc.ning.com/photo2679.html?page=1
Thanks,
--
David D. Nelson
http://evalbum.com/1328
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pick up the batteries before the end of the fiscal year so they have
been sitting for about 3 months. I finally convinced them that they
needed to be charged so we hooked them up and charged them. I got to
thinking that since the ones who may be driving the pickup when it is
finished might not be gentle on the batteries for the first few
charges that they should be cycled a little before we install them in
the pickup. Hopefully they will have the batteries in by January. I
have a load bank of light bulbs I took over and did about a 25Ah
discharge on them and then recharged them. I have enough bulbs to do a
12A load. My question is, how deep should I discharge them for the
first few cycles and how many cycles should I put on them before they
get installed in the truck?
FWIW, there is a picture of the pickup at www.lceva.org and more
pictures at our ning archive at
http://www.lceva.org/ning_archive/lccevc.ning.com/photo2679.html?page=1
Thanks,
--
David D. Nelson
http://evalbum.com/1328
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