Re: #1 battery loses charge
Actually #6 dropped more. (6.43 - 6.18 = 0.25 while 6.63 - 6.29 = 0.34)
Also, the rest time after charging is 12 Hours, but the rest time needed after discharging is only 1/2 hour (30 Minutes).
Only waiting 6 hours after charging made the "Before" voltage a bit high, however the 2 hour rest after discharging is okay.
The rest time is needed for the battery voltage to stabilize after being charged or discharged.
When a 36V battery pack is charged, the voltage climbs to about 45V before the charger shuts off. That results in what is known as a surface charge and it take upwards of 12 hours for it to deplete. On the other hand, when a 36V battery pack is discharged, the pack voltage decreases. How far it decreases depends on how many amps are being drawn from the pack. The pack voltage starts slowly recovering the instant the load is removed, and most of the recovery occurs in the first 15 minute, but it continues to recover for an hour or more. At 30 minutes, the recovery is over 95% complete.
The red wire to MS2 on the F/R assembly draws power from the entire pack whether it goes through the red switch or bypasses the reed switch.
The new battery in the #1 slot may not have been fully charged in just 4 hours. It should have had the highest "Before" voltage of the lot.
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