Full River Battery Charge #46

September 11, 2011: Today,  Mike Gordon visited with his Ford Ranger to look at our Ford Ranger EV.  The initial pack voltage prior to charge was 152.V ~ 69% state of charge.  I started the charge when he arrived at 2PM.  I began charging with the Manzanita Micro PFC 30 charge at 27 amps.   At 3:00 PM, I checked back and the current was at 14.0 Amps and the corresponding pair of 6 volt Full River batteries were at:
1) 14.50v
2) 14.47v  
3) 14.79v Highest
4) 14.50v
5) 14.37v
6) 14.43v
7) 14.52v
8) 14.16v
9) 14.00v Lowest
10) 14.10v
11) 14.39v
12) 14.48v

Charge completed at  3:28 PM. Total charge time was 1 hour and 28 minutes. Then, I drove 2 miles with Mike Gordon. Total miles since July 18th are 539 miles with no problems.  Mike showed me his Ranger.  Mike did an excellent job making a completely automated hydraulic bed lift.  Photo shown above.  Thanks for visiting and best wishes on your conversion.