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From: Ron Ouwehand (no email)
Date: Sun Dec 17 2006 - 22:09:09 EST
The batteries were not warm to the touch that I could feel anyways. I slid
my hand down the side in the battery compartment and they were not at all
warmer than the ambient. All the cells on both 6 volt units were giving the
same sort of readings. That is why it puzzled me. I'm not going to panic now
but will check it again in a few days. Thanks for your input. I was hoping
you would come back to this post since I know you have some experience in
this.
Regards, Ron O.
Four months and counting till launch!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arild Jensen" <>
To: "Ron Ouwehand" <>; "Live Aboard Forum"
<>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:56 PM
Subject: RE: lv-ab: Re: Battery gravity
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ron Ouwehand
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>> After a few hours I measured the voltage and the batteries were
>> gassing and the voltage was up to about 15.5 volts. checked the specific
>> gravity and expected to see the glass unit inside the meter up in
>> the green but instead it had gone down closer to the red?
>> Any suggestions?
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> REPLY
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> Ron did you by chance note the temperature?
> SG readings decrease as electrolyte temp rise.
> Your batterires wer gassing and probably getting warm or even hot.
> Hopefully this is only due to temp increase and not an early indication of
> cel failure.
> Check your SG readings cold befoer you do any charging.
>
> Arild
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