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JohnnieB · 05-16-2013, 06:53 AM

It will take roughly 8 hours to get them up to 80% SoC and another 8 hours to go from 80% to 100 SoC, but the charger will time out before that happens (12 hour safety shut-off)

If it times out, just unplug the charger from the battery pack and then start a new charge cycle.

If the batteries have been setting in a partially discharged state for very long, they probably are bad.

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I'm not sure what "Supercharging" the battery pack means.
There is something called an equalization charge, which is basically charging the batteries to a higher on-charge than the usually are to smooth out the difference in the at-rest voltages between the batteries in the pack.

Bypassing the relay in an older style golf cart charger (like the one you have) is one way of doing that.

05-16-2013, 06:53 AM	#8
JohnnieB Techno-Nerd Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Virginia Posts: 19,654	Re: Textron Total Charge Not Charging It will take roughly 8 hours to get them up to 80% SoC and another 8 hours to go from 80% to 100 SoC, but the charger will time out before that happens (12 hour safety shut-off) If it times out, just unplug the charger from the battery pack and then start a new charge cycle. If the batteries have been setting in a partially discharged state for very long, they probably are bad. -------- I'm not sure what "Supercharging" the battery pack means. There is something called an equalization charge, which is basically charging the batteries to a higher on-charge than the usually are to smooth out the difference in the at-rest voltages between the batteries in the pack. Bypassing the relay in an older style golf cart charger (like the one you have) is one way of doing that.