142. Battery-heating after full charge?
This is surmise on my part. In theory, there'd be some form of battery protection that cracked in once you'd reached a little above 9.3Kah, in order to prevent over-charging, with the rate of recharge affecting how quickly this protection - howsoever arranged - came on.
This has implications for a current technique whereby when matching a convoy speed, the e-motor is put "on charge" and then the exact required rpm is maintained watching the e-motor shaft rpm gauge, and moderated using the e-motor speed controller.
So, either a battery temperature gauge, (with it tripping on reaching a max temp) or, the battery "tripping" a rate-dependant trip, would seem to me to be a worthwhile addition. The problem is, I don't know precisely how this aspect was actually handled. Perhaps Stosstrup or Decaf' could comment? The latter is my preferred solution, as it would allow the emotor moderated system for matching convoy speeds, but perhaps not for extended periods?
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