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Range Test:
Started at about 4:30am and drove up to the 210, over to the 15 and down
to Baseline. Then decided on a route on Baseline from just west of Haven to
just east of Sierra. Distance was about 15 miles round trip. Route was very
level with a slight elevation increase from Haven to Sierra. Minimal lights
along the way. Drove between 40-45 MPH all the way when not needing to stop
for a light or traffic. Continued on this loop until hitting 0.0 SOC.
Ran with fan on low the whole trip and with headlights for the first 1.5 hours.
Temps started to go up quickly once the sun came up. The battery fan came on low
at about 50% SOC and T1 of 94¡ and then switched to high shortly thereafter and
ran continuously through the end of the test.
At 0.8 SOC the turtle came on for the first time. Had to slow down to
continue. Shortly after 0.0 SOC the turtle came on again and beeped and the
car died. The MIN battery was at 7.0 volts. The MAX and AVG were over 10 at
all times.
I was about 3 miles from home and had to creep slowly at under 10 MPH to
get home and keep the MIN above 8.0 on acceleration. The turtle came on and
the car died about 3 or 4 times during that time.
Battery Voltages stayed within 0.1 volt until SOC was under 15%. Gradually increased
to up to 0.8 volts when stopped (larger when accelerating and under 1.0% SOC).
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