Mobilesport wrote:
I was told to not use a voltmeter to try and determine soc% except at the very end when I hit 14.4 volts .
How/where did you see distortion ?
Let me know and I'll look into It and try to find a problem.
The distortion was in the first hour when amps stayed at near 53 for 53AH, but the percentage SOC said only 28%
53-28 = 25AH, which is all of that 25 AH it went over.
It's like it didn't start the % SOC count until 25 amps had already been put out by the charger, but it is not quite like that because there was also 8AH missing in the second hour. Then it was on for the last 48 minutes. So it gets better with higher SOC.
Your plan to operate between 30% and up will keep you mostly clear of whatever is "wrong" at the low end. I think you are good to go for operating your BB the way you intend otherwise.
The wiring hot spot, converter mystery for max amps, and monitor questions are just other things of interest with your own situation AFAIK.