> My little lightbar only draws about 1A at 36v. (possibly less) > I could try hooking up my big lightbar to do the initial drawdown.
Nicads are only about 1.3v/cell. I've used bridge rectifiers as load resistors for balancing. Two diodes in series are about a 1.3v drop. They have the advantage of being easy to heatsink, and automatically stop drawing current when the voltage gets below about 1v. But a total discharge to 0v will require a real resistor. Or light bulb (which tend to draw roughly the same current as the voltage falls). Or in a pinch, a length of wire dunked in a bucket of water. Have fun! :-) -- Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James But it *does* require attention to detail! -- Lee Hart -- Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
