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Old 07-02-2006, 12:18 PM
rihavo rihavo is offline
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Default Re: Factory restriction on the Hybrid system???

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Originally Posted by TeeSter
If there were a limit it would seem it could be a battery thing. Pehaps the battery behaves better after some use... IE cell phone manuals often say the battery capacity will improve after several charge discarge cycles. I suppose they could put a hard limit on current draw until they feel the battery has been conditioned enough to improve the service life of the battery etc.
If this was the case, my battery was conditioned very well before my 05 FEH had a little over 500 miles. I was working on repairing a fence and charging the battery for my cordless drill via the 120V outlet in my FEH. I forgot to turn the vehicle completely on therefore I almost completely drained my 330V battery while charging the battery for the drill. Luckily I had discovered my error before any damage was done. But I had discovered this after the charge indicator on my NAV unit revealed no voltage in the battery.
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