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Old 02-16-2008, 02:29 AM
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Default Re: Blue and Green battery symbol

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Originally Posted by mikieboyblue View Post
Try a little harder and you will get a nice royal purple...I feel like I might have seen a red as well.I think the operating range of that scale is something like 40% - 80% of total battery capacity. There is a thread around here somewhere....there might be something in the FAQ about this as well.

Hi there, tonight coming home from work in my 3 week old 08 TCH I was stuck in a 4 mile back up. As I creped along my the Consumption Display show continuous 60 MPH for minute after minute, running on the battery. The ICE rarely came on...this was over a period of time 12-15 minutes. When I switch to the Energy Monitor screen, it show the battery nearly depleted and showing one purple bar. By the time I noted this I motivated past the accident and got up to highway speed. The battery stared charging.

Anyway getting to my point. If I had continue to run at such slow speed this would the ICE have started to recharge the battery? This draining of the battery is a bit worrisome. Is this normal? I'd hate to got dead on the road.

Thanks

Don
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