Thanks EVDL. I PM'd Roger last week and he said the 1-4 setting for Deka GELs was the best available. He felt the 3rd setting intended for larger Deka's would be too aggressive. From my observations last week I'm actually concerned about overcharging.
I decided to check voltage one night last week after cart had been charging for approx 8hrs & heard quiet but audible sizzling / boiling sound from both banks of batteries. Voltages varied but highest was 16.2V!! The profile finished about 30 minutes later so I definitely caught the end of acceptance charge but still scares me. $1600 of brand new Lifeline AGM's crying out for help should make any geek reading this forum squirm a bit :) Possibly sizzles of contentment? Next morning voltages had all settled within 13.6-13.8V. Two variables make me wonder: 1. Outside air temp was 45-50F. Perhaps sensor picked that up & drove acceptance voltage? 2. The multimeter I'm using is questionable. It's digital and of reasonable quality (~$40 range) but had another meter run me around in circles a few years back... I'm blown away by the range I'm getting. The furthest run so far on single charge was 29 miles. Tach read 63% when I parked but then it sits on 100% for first 10-12 miles which is weird. Seems like the Concorde AGM's run @ slightly higher Voltage when fully charged. Not complaining, just don't want to cook them--or ignore their desperate cries for help. Any thoughts? -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Delta-Q-Charger-tp429422p4661203.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
