Hi David.

01-Dec-03 17:28:40, David Drummond wrote to John Tserkezis

 DD> I thought it charged harder when the cells were flatter.

when they are pancake mode it chares them gently until they have some sort
of sensible voltage before opening the floodgate.

 >>> These are not supposed to fizz - they're sealed.

 BL>> A flat battery is 2.0V but it varies with temperature.
(pancake mode would be below 2.0)

 >>> There is a temperature sensor attached to one cell and wired to
 >>> the regulator.

 DD> I thought of that, but I don't think it will indicate the state of
 DD> charge of the cells under discussion....

it'd might give a figure on the density of the BS though :)

 DD> I bought the cells at mate's rates for $1260.40 for the six.

 BL>> If it worries you, swap the top three and bottom three cells
 BL>> around every six months.

 >>> The buggers weigh more than 20kg each. I'm not moving them any
 >>> more than I have to.

Supercheap has these litte handtrucks for about $20 each.
Or you could leave them sitting there ans just swap some wires around.



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