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Originally Posted by JimIsbell
In my experience, charging at 200 ma or less will not require the fan be operated. I use 170 to 200 without any detectable heating at all.. However at 250 ma I can detect SOME heating, though not enough to worry me...except for the long run.
At 200 ma over night (10-12 hours) you are replacing a little over 1ah of charge. Since the Insight normally uses about 4ah from stop to stop, if you keep it above half on the SOC during the day, the overnight charge should be sufficient for daily use. This amount of charging will not hurt the battery in my opinion. If you want to "balance" the pack, give it 36 to 48 hours at 250ma and watch the charge curve on the "deepest" stick (the one that can hold the most charge) till it dips in voltage to indicate a full pack.
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Not to be picky, but 200mA @ 10 hours is 2aH minus losses, 12 hours bumps that up to 2.4aH.
36 to 48 hours @ 250mA puts you at 9aH and 12aH, again minus losses and self drain.
I charge my 2 packs for about 12 - 14 hours at 600mA (start charge) - 500mA (end charge) and do see a buildup of heat with the fans running on a cool summer night.
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