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Battery resistance vs. SOC

Salvo
Explorer
Explorer
Bet you've never seen a plot like this before. This a resistance plot of a 200 AH battery charging from 10% SOC to 120%. The three plots are at currents: C/5 (40A), C/10 (20A), and C/20 (10A).

Don't know why, but resistance for C/20 is quite a bit higher than the higher charge rates.

Once past 70 to 80% SOC the resistance really takes off.



Data for these plots was obtained from this plot.

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Hiking_Hunter
Explorer
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Salvo wrote:
Once past 70 to 80% SOC the resistance really takes off.

The effect of the plates heating?

But then I don't know why then the resistance would decrease past approx. 100%
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BFL13
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smkettner wrote:
I would like to see the bottom graph replotted with constant voltage. (vs constant current as shown)
Then replot the top graph.


Here ya go. 🙂

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time2roll
Nomad
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I would like to see the bottom graph replotted with constant voltage. (vs constant current as shown)
Then replot the top graph.

BFL13
Explorer II
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It is interesting that "gassing voltage" also occurs around there. But also you get a lower SOC when using higher amps rate to hit the same Vabs.

Trimetric manual has a note on charging efficiency at over 80% where they just don't bother to allow for that, it gets too crazy.
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2. 1991 Bighorn 9.5ft Truck Camper on 2003 Chev 2500HD 6.0 Gas
See Profile for Electronic set-ups for 1. and 2.