First Top Charge
I finally got my volt/amp meter wired in to my Mega Watt and started my first Top Charge. Initial battery voltage was 13.2v. Mega Watt was set to 15v. Turn-on voltage was 14.8v @ 33a. It quickly went ...
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Jrnymn7,
That is because from the onset I knew the battery was the boss of the game. Diplomas, degrees, and an entire inventory of toys amounted to squat. The battery was and is king of it's own hill and you either play by it's rules or get the hell off the hill.
Out of all the phrases, all of the comments I ever made, my customers made my engineers made there is one that stands out "Why the hell doesn't...?" Electrochemical devices gain personalities. Some are good, some are bad, some are, well, to be frank...seemingly haunted. Trouble in paradise happens when a designer declares "This will make the battery do..." Boy have I got news for them "Let's do this and see what the battery does..." is the correct attitude. Use the number "10" to describe the number of different designs, then multiply by another 10 to gain an appreciation of the different ways a cell can age, then multiply that by ten to assume the number of ways a battery can be maintained and used. The sum is going to be predictable? On paper? Shirley you jest! Actually the number of permutations far outstrips the pitiful numbers written above.
However the owner who bothers to learn just a bit about the "personality" of his electrochemical experiment can indeed predict and calculate to a definite point what to expect. By controlling voltage and time, suddenly the unknown becomes not only wide open, but it becomes easy, furthering the knowledge by learning trends & tendencies of the battery, then makes battery management so easy, it's almost funny.
Jesus, tells me "You write every day three hours, then go visit the batteries ten minutes, some days not at all?" Truer words were never spoken. Just completed a solar still for mineral free water. Imagine a shallow bowl six feet in diameter. Lined with shiny side aluminum foil. Four inches up reposes 50' of three-eight's inch copper tubing painted flat black. Two window panes cover the coil. Suction is out of a 5 gallon black can. It yields about half a gallon a day, and the spiral needs to be blown down (drained). I use 60ppm "purified" water as feedstock. When I accumulate ten gallons it will be hauled to the gen shed and be set up shoulder high. There are 2 coils, one heating, one condensing.
in closing this little ditty may I remark that I follow each and thread, each comment, every observation, every chart. Time to go - the girls are here and I have only three days left before I have to head back to Baja California. What's on the menu? About 10 lbs of lobster, cold macaroni salad, salsa pico de gallo on tostadas, and cantaloupe agua fresca. At least I got to bring the kids one load of gifts! Thank god for Volaris 99 dollar flights!
That is because from the onset I knew the battery was the boss of the game. Diplomas, degrees, and an entire inventory of toys amounted to squat. The battery was and is king of it's own hill and you either play by it's rules or get the hell off the hill.
Out of all the phrases, all of the comments I ever made, my customers made my engineers made there is one that stands out "Why the hell doesn't...?" Electrochemical devices gain personalities. Some are good, some are bad, some are, well, to be frank...seemingly haunted. Trouble in paradise happens when a designer declares "This will make the battery do..." Boy have I got news for them "Let's do this and see what the battery does..." is the correct attitude. Use the number "10" to describe the number of different designs, then multiply by another 10 to gain an appreciation of the different ways a cell can age, then multiply that by ten to assume the number of ways a battery can be maintained and used. The sum is going to be predictable? On paper? Shirley you jest! Actually the number of permutations far outstrips the pitiful numbers written above.
However the owner who bothers to learn just a bit about the "personality" of his electrochemical experiment can indeed predict and calculate to a definite point what to expect. By controlling voltage and time, suddenly the unknown becomes not only wide open, but it becomes easy, furthering the knowledge by learning trends & tendencies of the battery, then makes battery management so easy, it's almost funny.
Jesus, tells me "You write every day three hours, then go visit the batteries ten minutes, some days not at all?" Truer words were never spoken. Just completed a solar still for mineral free water. Imagine a shallow bowl six feet in diameter. Lined with shiny side aluminum foil. Four inches up reposes 50' of three-eight's inch copper tubing painted flat black. Two window panes cover the coil. Suction is out of a 5 gallon black can. It yields about half a gallon a day, and the spiral needs to be blown down (drained). I use 60ppm "purified" water as feedstock. When I accumulate ten gallons it will be hauled to the gen shed and be set up shoulder high. There are 2 coils, one heating, one condensing.
in closing this little ditty may I remark that I follow each and thread, each comment, every observation, every chart. Time to go - the girls are here and I have only three days left before I have to head back to Baja California. What's on the menu? About 10 lbs of lobster, cold macaroni salad, salsa pico de gallo on tostadas, and cantaloupe agua fresca. At least I got to bring the kids one load of gifts! Thank god for Volaris 99 dollar flights!
