----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter VanDerWal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 3:22 PM Subject: Re: amazing! Tilley Electric Vehicle TEV) tests
> Typical BS and lies. Their reports don't match independant reports. > > They claim 144.8V at the end of testing while others report 139V. > 144.8V would indicate that the batteries still retain most of their > charge. 139V indicate that the batteries were seriously OVER > discharged, Note this is 139V WITH NO LOAD and presumably taken at least > a minute or two after the load was removed, I'd bet they reversed a > couple cells. I think you're reading too much into 5V difference. Either way, 144 is well below charge hysteresis for lead acid batteries, so the batteries weren't 'being charged'. In any case, 144V on a 144V nominal pack is 12V a battery, which unladen means those batteries were basically bone dry, every watt-hour possible had been wrung.
