This sounds sort of like advice for a Prius. Toyota's nickel metal hydride packs are a different kettle of fish entirely and they can be "refreshed." but not by the procedure mentioned. I don't know if new Priii are different, could be they are using Li. I am out of touch.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Rush Dougherty via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Or you can follow the advice of an engineer from Tennessee that Tom True > talked > to - > "The final recommendation from him was to discharge the pack to 10 miles > or so > in range (according to the instrumentation), and fully recharge about once > a > month to "refresh" the battery" > Which totally contradicts what the engineer said in the sentence before, " > Explaining that if you let the battery pack get below 10%, it would > typically > brick (not allow a charge), and above 90%, that your could experience a > thermal > even ( Thermal runaway & fire)." > > Confusing, right? > > Rush Dougherty > Tucson AZ 85719 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Mark Hanson > via EV > > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 1:34 PM > > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > > Subject: [EVDL] Best charge rate for longevity > > > > Thanks folks > > > > So if the Leaf charges at the 100% setting to 4.12vpc and 80% to 4.05vpc > and > battery > > university says max life of 2k cycles is at 4.00vpc then I should change > my > charge cut off at > > 80% for daily short trips of 15 miles typical. Plus since balancing > occurs > all the time there's > > no need to charge at 100% except for long trips Best regards Mark Sent > from my > iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag > racing > at NEDRA > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Mobile and Google Phone michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161005/0a4f9350/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
