> From: Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> > > Same happens with NiMh: See my blown up Prius cells... All I did was p ut a > 300 mA trickle on them... and then forgot about it. > Until 8 hours later when they began to explode...
Wow, Bob. That is difficult to understand. Across one cell, there should only 360 milliwatts, which a half-watt resistor can safely dissipate! Even if a cell were shorted, the wiring to it could probably dissipate 300 mA without melting. Are you absolutely certain your charger didn't go bonkers on you? It's hard to reconcile 300 mA with the sort of damage pictured. :::: The problems of energy use are not technical but cultural. Americans want speed, acceleration and big cars. -- Pat Murphy :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: _______________________________________________ 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)
