Wednesday, August 12, 2009

[Electric Boats] Battery mystery

 

I'm still tracking down a gremlin in my battery pack and have a strange one.

One of my batteries reads a more-or-less normal voltage. But a specific gravity test reveals 1 cell which is basically water. How can that happen? I moved some electrolyte around between cells and it gave a brief improvement in total voltage.

Is this a short? I thought that would drop total voltage?

Could it be a cell-reversal? That should lower voltage too, right?

Why is the voltage near-normal (open-circuit reading 12.14 after 25AH discharge)

the cell-to-cell voltage is also erratic.

Basic symptom that started it all is that this battery is 1 of 2 in the pack that show lower-than-normal voltage after a moderate discharge.

Any help from the battery wizards appreciated.

-Keith

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