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Ev Archive for September 2000
1238 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:49:38 2001

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Re:HowWarmIsBestForRacing?



I ran some tests for a racing team a few years back. They were trying to
pick a battery type for their race car.

They brought me two different 8D batteries from the same manufacturer. I ran
back to back charge/discharge cycles on them while varying the temperature.
I found that the batteries improved as they warmed but plateaued above a
different temperature for each battery.

By the way, Fast and Far have different temperatures on the batteries as
well.

What was interesting was the temperatures were different for the two
different batteries. If you want specifics, I can try to contact the guy to
get his permission to release the information.

Joe Smalley
Rural Kitsap County WA
Fiesta 48 volts
NEDRA 48 volt street conversion record holder
joes@worldfront.com