Well I measured back into the pack and at one point the voltage drops down 3.5v on the positive end of the 9th battey and -3.5 on the other side of the 8th battery. If I jiggle the battery by its strap It goes down to 0v. The battery seems clean. But when measured up front when I do the same thing the voltage goes up to as much as 60v. I then grounded the B & W charger to the frame of the car. The voltage difference from pack to frame jumped up to 75v. I tried to use the ampmeter. It caused a ground fault trip on the charger. I tried to put an 1156 automotive bulb from positive pack to car frame. The first time I got shocked the second it caused another GFI trip on the charger. Nothing is connected now except the ground to the frame from the B & W. What am I screwing up? I had the same trouble with my 56 Bug EV. Lawrence Rhodes...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 1:18 PM Subject: Not so happy charging. Induction to frame.
> Well everything on the Aspire is hooked up and charging sort of. I went > with a higher voltage and blew out all four fuses on the Rudman regs on the > negative battery of each 120v string. I balanced all 30 of the the pots as > well as I could to 10.1 v. Total pack charging voltage of 151.5. I found > two batterys at this point that didn't seem to need the regs and put their > regs on the two negative batterys. One is solid green but keeping the > voltage where it is needed. The other is flickering very fast and keeping > the voltage also. I will have to check the un regulated batteries > carefully. > There is also induction of 1.3v and .25v to positive and negative at rest. > When tested on charge it was 45v to both sides tested to the frame. Is this > normal? I haven't hooked up the DC to DC yet and the controller isn't > hooked to the bat pack yet either. Should I hook up a light bulb to see if > there are any actual amps flowing through?Lawrence Rhodes.....Am I in danger > here?????????? >
