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08-06-2019, 04:36 PM | #11 | |
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and I'm trying to find answers in my thread about it as well. Mine stays on with one red bar at "full" then drops one bar at a time over usage. With the sub par batteries that originally came with the cart it dropped relatively fast. Once it reached about the middle where the battery icon is it was pretty much done and you better be home :) . The next time it dropped , with those sub par batteries, it would not go. I could be wrong but I think it flashed too at that point and I also think at that point the pack dropped below 48V. That was going up hill when it just totally quit like that but after sitting a few it went again, enough to get to the power cord to charge it. With good batteries I later put in it, it seems different but maybe just way slower but I haven't let it get down more than 1 bar so far with the good batteries to find out. My manual makes it seem like that gauge is supposed to come on with the key and all bars lit green when it's all okay and charged but then turns to one red bar and stays on, key or not, when you better think about getting back to the charger. Not sure on that because mine is messed up I think and I just get one red bar no matter what. I read the two connections on that gauge with a multimeter when it was well charged with good batteries and it read exactly the same as the pack. It does however, from what I noticed, and seemingly according to the manual, display an average V at the time rather than real time voltage. I'd like to replace mine with a real time digital volt gauge. |
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08-06-2019, 04:43 PM | #12 |
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08-06-2019, 05:06 PM | #13 |
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Re: new battery break in questions
If You have an "IC" model charger then yes, the ERIC is a cheaper version of the IC650 charger.
The iDat software is available on the delta-q site: https://delta-q.com/software-accessories/ |
08-06-2019, 05:16 PM | #14 | |
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08-07-2019, 08:25 AM | #15 |
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i will download the software and do it now.... i'll let you know.
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08-07-2019, 08:33 AM | #16 | |
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https://support.delta-q.com/hc/en-us...hm-suggestions From this list. Got a killer deal on a new set of deka Duracell and decided i wanted to give them a try. |
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08-07-2019, 08:38 AM | #17 | |
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Its in the all about battery sticky, there is a battery break in procedure they recommended.... Battery Break-in Procedures Brand new batteries are approximately 70 to 75% charged so once they are installed (correctly) the 1st 10 to 12 complete charge/discharge cycles are as follows: 1. Plug charger in and leave it alone until charger shuts off by itself then drive cart to about 50% battery life and plug back in and repeat charge cycle. 2. Very important you leave it charge until it’s completely done! This is what you want to do 10 to 12 times ......by the 12th time you’ll notice a difference in power/speed and runtime. 3. That’s the break in period pretty simple wouldn’t you say..........while doing this keep an eye on water level as I have seen it take 16 hours or better the 1st few times as they break in you’ll notice charge time gets less also. 4. After that the 2nd most important thing is maintaining the batteries........very critical you get into a routine of spending a whole 20 minutes a few times a month to keep things in good/clean and tight condition to get a lot more time out of your batteries. |
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08-07-2019, 11:32 AM | #18 | |
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Volts, but not amp hours, will also go up as water evaporates and the electrolyte concentrates. That is of course in relatively short time periods and based on electrolyte level. edit, what I meant by the car battery comparison is that I think the general contention is that deep cycle batteries would even do better by "keeping them at the top" but that might only be the case if they were used like car batteries with a less "imposing" set up with a constant alternator charge. Manual, non continuous, charges as with golf carts would seem to make it worse by constantly and frequently charging at say 95% SOC. I'm not sure but I'm guessing that 80% standard was done by smart experienced people for a reason. |
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