COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
BA27
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E.
State of Charge
The open circuit voltage of the battery can be used as a guide to the state of
charge of the battery. The graph in Figure 7 is an indicator as to the state of
the charge of a new battery.
Open Circuit Voltage v SOC
Figure 7
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STATE OF CHARGE AS A FUNCTION OF OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE
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