Battery Charge #43

September 7, 2011: Today, I drove another 14 miles. To date, this Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle has driven 492 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 72% or 151.0 Volts. Started automated charge of the Full River DC-250 AGMs with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 6:30 PM, at 24 Amps (outside temp was 86F): At 8:15 PM at 14 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: 14.68V Highest

Reg 2: 14.42V
Reg 3: 14.66V
Reg 4: 14.34V
Reg 5: 14.16V
Reg 6: 14.43V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.36V
Reg 9: 14.15V 

Reg10:14.52V
Reg11:14.01V Lowest
Reg12:14.18V
Warm peak pack voltage, absorption, was 175.0V.
Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 8:45 PM. Total charge time was 2 hour and 15  minutes.