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Old 03-05-2004, 02:53 AM
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David Root
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Default Its simple

You have to charge the pack to start with no matter what. If you can charge it even if its 2 minutes at a time, go for it. Just keep restarting the charger. Then when the pack is warm from charging, put a load on it with your turbo 35 or what ever you have. 20 amps would be great. Even a light bulb dishcarger will do the job. NOW test each cell with a voltmeter while they are discharging. Make sure you observe polarity of the cells because a bad one could show that is reversed. If the numbers of each cell are close to each other During Discharge, then the cells are OK. If your cells sat or have not been used for a few weeks they can false peak.

What are you using for a delta peak voltage? Charging at 5 amps is fine 6 is as high as I go.

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