Re: Tried to burn up....

[John Bryan <jbryan4@mindspring.com>]

John Wayland wrote:

> More then likely, this is probably the best thing you could have 
> done to your aging Optimas.....Take your car out, and I bet it 
> really lays rubber now and has a reinvigorated feel to it....

	I had a feeling that you were going to make this bold 
prediction, because you knew that it would be true. This morning
I rushed out to the recovering patient and found all to be well.
After I topped it off and took it off charge, it rested over 230
volts for about a full minute, something I haven't seen it do in
years. I figured the real test would be when I took it out on the
road, but I was already getting the sneaking suspicion that it would 
behave like a new pack again. I watched the E-meter closely as I 
drove and saw the pack behaving far better than what I've become used 
to over the last year or two. Things like cruising along showing 
200+ Volts on the E-meter and only dipping to nominal while pulling 
100 amps are things I haven't seen in quite a while on this tired old 
pack. When I got back home, it would have typically been resting at 
around 197 or 8 after this length trip, but it was over 200 the whole 
way up the gravel driveway and was resting at 204 as I brought it to a 
stop. I think I'll plan on having this same accident again someday. 

	I have more respect for Optimas now than ever. I started to 
respect them highly clear back when Madman Rudman accused Wayland of 
thinking that the sun was powered by a single YellowTop, and the 
independent research that was done at the time showed this to be 
correct. I have even more respect for them now that I've seen how 
they can absorb a full charge and then gobble up that much more 
again on top of that in a short time and only get stronger from 
the abuse.
.....I'm just glad I didn't destroy the little fellers.

Seeya,
John