battery charger

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Posted by Brian at 1/20/2001 11:12 PM EST


Student on team #670, HHSRC, from Homestead High School.



how do you know when the battery is fully charged? Does the light go to green? Does it stay orange? What does it do?

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/20/2001 11:44 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


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Posted by Brian on 1/20/2001 11:12 PM EST:



The light goes green when the battery is fully charged. And this is somewhat offtopic but if you happen to connect the battery terminals the wrong way, you have to first unplug the charger, and then replug it in before you can charge the battery.

Matt who will admit that the above information comes from experience but has the excuse that the battery lead wires were twisted and he couldn't tell which was which.........he'll also admit that it happened on multiple occassions for the same reason......

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Posted by Michael Martus at 1/21/2001 11:18 PM EST


Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.


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Posted by Matt Leese on 1/20/2001 11:44 PM EST:



Avoid this problem by putting the same connectors on the charger as on the battery. no chance for a mix up.

Also, do not trust the light. It will fail.

Build a battery checker.

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/22/2001 12:34 AM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


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Posted by Michael Martus on 1/21/2001 11:18 PM EST:



Well, you COULD do do that. But it's much more fun creating sparks........ Ok, so maybe it's not but that requires more energy than I had at the time......

Matt who only did it like 3 times at Richmond so it wasn't THAT bad......