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Ev Archive for August 2000
1127 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:49:23 2001

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Re: Dying Lectra



At 10:36 PM 8/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Good thought.  I'll add something to this recommendation.  Put all your 
>new batteries on the garage floor and connect them all in ~parallel~ and 
>leave them that way for several days.  They will balance each others' 
>state of charge.  Then install them and give them a full charge.
>
>
>David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA


Even better, put them all in parallel AND put them on a float charger.
Connect the plus and minus of the charger to opposite ends of the parallel
sring to equalize the voltage drops.


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