Battery Charge #37

August 29, 2011: Today, I drove another 9 miles. The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was 73% or 151.4 Volts. Started automated charge of the Full River DC-250 AGMs with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 6:00 PM, at 28 Amps:I checked back at 7:05 PM at 12.2 Amps. Regulators on the peak batteries started regulating.

Peak voltages read were:
Reg 1: 14.83V Highest
Rge 2: 14.50V
Reg 3: 14.59V
Reg 4: 14.39V
Reg 5: 14.24V
Reg 6: 14.50V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.16V
Reg 9: 13.87V Lowest

Reg10:14.00V
Reg11:14.50V
Reg12:14.60V
Warm peak pack voltage, absorption, was 175.0V.
Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 7:15PM. Total charge time was 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Battery Charge #36

August 28, 2011: Thursday 8/25/11, I drove another 9 miles. The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was 73% or 152.1 Volts. Started automated charge of the Full River DC-250 AGMs with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 4:30 PM, at 28 Amps:

Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 5:55 PM. Total charge time was 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Battery Charge #35

August 24, 2011:  Today I drove another 9 miles.  The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was 75% or 152.6 Volts.  Started automated charge of the Full River DC-250 AGMs with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 6:55 PM, at 28 Amps:

I checked back at 7:55 PM at 15 Amps.  Regulators on the peak batteries started regulating.
Peak voltages read were:
Reg 1: 14.50V
Rge 2: 14.27V
Reg 3: 14.64V
Reg 4: 14.16V
Reg 5: 14.16V
Reg 6: 14.48V
Reg 7: 14.52V Highest
Reg 8: 14.11V Lowest
Reg 9: 14.15V

Reg10:14.49V
Reg11:14.37V
Reg12:14.46V
Warm peak pack voltage, absorption, was 175.0V.
Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 8:15PM. Total charge time was 1 hour and 20 minutes. 

Battery Charge #34

August 23, 2011:  Today I drove another 9 miles. This Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle has been 100% reliable since it was completed and started continuous commuting on July 18th, 2011. The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was 78% or 153 Volts.  Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 8:30PM, at 28 Amps:

I checked back at 9:30 PM.  Some regulators on the peak batteries started regulating.
Peak voltages read were:
Reg 1: 14.50V
Rge 2: 14.50V
Reg 3: 14.51V
Reg 4: 14.08V
Reg 5: 14.29V
Reg 6: 14.45V
Reg 7: 14.57V  Highest
Reg 8: 14.49V
Reg 9: 13.90V Lowest
Reg10:14.49V
Reg11:14.29V
Reg12:14.48V
Warm peak pack voltage was 175.0V.
Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 9:45PM. Total charge time was 1 hour and 15 minutes.  See photos showing regulators communicating and #3 regulating: 

Battery Charge #33

August 22, 2011:  Today, I drove another 9 miles.  The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was ~ 75% or 152.6 Volts.  Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 6:10 PM:  Set current to 28 Amps. 
Charger was completly automated and turned off at 7:55PM. Warm final volatge was 175.0V.
Total charge time was 1 hour and 45 minutes

Battery Charge #31 & #32: Drove to Lake Oswego EV Show

August 21, 2011:  Today, we drove to the Lake Oswego EV show and attended with the EV Ranger.  This was another 26 miles round trip with hills.  Our truck made it no problem.  The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived in Lake Oswego at 152V ~75% charge.    

Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 10:45 AM.

It was set using 120V and 15 Amps.  

Charger was completely automated and was close to completion when we turned it off at 2:30PM.   

Warm final volatge was 175.0V.
Total charge time was 4 hour and 45 minutes at 120V and 15Amps.  See uploaded picture.  Drove Back home 16 miles. Our truck made it home no problem.  The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home at 150.6 V ~70% charge.    

Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 3:30PM.

It was set using 240V and 28 Amps.  

Charger was completely automated and was close to completion when we turned it off at 5:45PM
Total charge time was 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Battery Charge #30

August 19, 2011:  Today I drove another 9 miles.  The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home with a state of charge was ~ 75% or 152.0 Volts.  Started automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 7:00 PM:  Set current to 28 Amps. 
Charger was completly automated and turned off at 8:45 Warm final volatge was 175.0V.
Total charge time was 1 hour and 45 minutes