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Article No. 03-8-6 Cont’d.
At completion of Step 4b at charge of 4A for 2 Factors Affecting Mileage Range Of The Vehicle:
hours, the charger will check battery pack voltage
The battery pack will decrease in capacity over
and determine next sequence.
time, resulting in decreased mileage range. This is
• If voltage is below 63V, charger will shut down
a characteristic of these batteries. Batteries should
(error condition)
not be replaced simply because the customer
• If voltage is greater than 63V, charger will begin
achieves less range than when the vehicle was
a normal charge cycle at 10A
new. Some judgment should be exercised when
evaluating range. Factors affecting mileage range
NOTE
on electric vehicles include:
IF THE CHARGER SHUTS DOWN FOR AN
• Type of tire - Vehicles equipped with turf tires
ERROR, IT IS POSSIBLE TO UNPLUG AND
will have less range than vehicles equipped with
REPLUG THE CHARGER TO RESET THE
street tires, due to greater frictional drag from the
CHARGE CYCLE.
wider turf tire
WARNING
• Age of battery pack - Battery capacity
DO NOT CHARGE THE BATTERIES WITH THE
decreases as batteries age
WEATHER ENCLOSURE CLOSED OR THE
• Weak or failed individual battery - A module
VEHICLE COVER IN PLACE. A BUILD UP OF
that is .2V or more from the other battery
HYDROGEN GAS CAN RESULT WHICH CAN
modules in the pack or is checked “bad” by the
EXPLODE. THE CHARGING AREA SHOULD BE
Micro 490
WELL VENTILATED.
• Temperature - Battery capacity decreases as
VEHICLE RANGE CONCERNS temperature drops
• Driving style - Heavy acceleration demands
Check each individual battery and make sure they
more power from the battery pack than gradual
are all within .2V of each other. If they are not
acceleration
within .2V, check each battery with the Micro 490
• Terrain - Climbing steep grades may deplete the
by connecting to the lead doughnut, if one or more
battery pack
are bad replace with new batteries. Balance all
batteries by individually charging each of them with
• Pavement vs. Off-Road - Vehicles driven off
the DPI smart charger; reference the battery pack
road will have less range
balancing section for instruction.
• Lack of free wheel movement - Check vehicle
for any evidence of brake drag, by putting the
vehicle on a hoist and checking wheels for free
rotation
• Other Electrical Loads - Lights,
Heater/Defogger, Powerpoint accessories, etc.
(note that all Powerpoint accessories should be
disconnected when the vehicle is charging).
Before recommending replacement of the entire
pack to a customer simply because pack capacity
has decreased due to age, discuss the situation
with the customer. If the customer is in the second
or third year of vehicle warranty, when battery
coverage is pro-rated, the customer may choose to
accept some reduced range and delay pack
replacement until absolutely necessary.
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