I skip constant voltage. My cell voltage at the end of charge is 3.34 volts after settling for several hours.
When I use cc - cv mode they settle to 3.38 volts. You don't loose more than a couple miles range by skipping the cv mode. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 12, 2014, at 9:56 PM, Rick Beebe via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I have a JLD-404 that I use as a fuel gauge and it's worked flawlessly > for that. It seems to be pretty accurate. I have bought things from EVTV even > though they are more expensive than other sources, but these I buy right from > lightobject because Jack has cranked up the price way too much. Their > shipping is fair and quick. > > I also use one of their JLD-612DC temperature controllers to control the > water heater in my truck. It too works well. > > A problem, however, with controlling a charger is knowing what to trigger on. > The normal charge scheme is to charge to a certain voltage at whatever > amperage you can manage and then hold that voltage and taper the current off > to some small value. I don't think you can really duplicate that. I suppose > you could turn it off at some voltage and when the pack voltage drops (which > it will almost immediately) turn it back on until it stops dropping below the > threshold. > > You could trigger on Ah but I always put more in than I took out so that's > problematic too. > > --Rick > >> On 10/12/2014 3:10 PM, jerry freedomev via EV wrote: >> Hi All, In my continuing fight to lower lithium battery pack costs I >> was wondering if anyone has experience with the Lightobject Wthr , >> etc meter like the one EVTV made the vid of they rebranded? >> Especially interested in it's use turning off the battery charger and >> how well it keeps track of battery capacity of lithium packs, etc? >>> Thanks, >> Jerry Dycus > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
