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Tortoise is coming on with 6 bars left. 3 cells are sagging down to 3.5v under normal driving. If I shut her down for a few minutes, tortoise goes away for a while. At rest at 5 bars, all cells are within .05v or so. Car will charge to 16 bars and again, all cells are level within .05v. One cell...

About to drop the battery to replace a bad cell. It is one of the cells in a 4 cell pack so i plan to replace the entire module. Could not buy just one cell. Question: is the replacement 4 pack plug and play or am i going to get into an eprom nightmare?

Been a while since i used hobdrive. Have been able to access cell-specific data in the past. I cannot pull them up now. All i get is accy battery voltage. When i hit "screens" and then "diagnostics" i get "initializing" for 5 minutes or more. Maybe my license has expired? When i check it it...

Would a deep cycle battery not be more appropriate for these cars than the std lead acid? No cranking. But sometimes, if you let the car sit, it does drain the accessory battery.

I am going to remove my batty pack to replace one of the 4 cell packs. I have read that the small bolts securing the undertray shear off. Can someone tell me the size so I can have some spares handy? (Car is in a remote place where you can't go down to fastenal). Anything else I should take with me?

Saga continues. One of the 4 packs in my drive battery is a laggard according to Hobdrive. Cell 41 is at 3.79V when all the others are at 4.1V so it triggers the turtle for the whole pack before one gets very far. Bought a good 4 cell pack and plan to switch out. I read on this forum that one...

Due to an illness and then a hurricane, I let my car sit in an enclosed garage with what I thought was a full main batty and a disconnected aux battery for over a year. Replaced aux battery, car went to ready status ok, but fuel gauge showed no bars. Put car on charge, charger kicked out within...

12v battery went dead. Jumped it and left key in ready for 30 mins. Then completed charging with ext charger. That all went fine. Plugged main charger in and in a mental slip turned key to on then to ready. Check engine light (stop car and call dealer light came on). Switched key off and...

Absent a 60hz "Powerbox" (and I am told by the mfg that the US cars lack the software in any case), how much power (in Watts) can you draw from the 12V battery using an inverter, under 2 scenarios 1. Short bursts (limited by the wiring/fusing I suppose) 2. Long term average (limited by the dc to...

Does anyone know for sure whether charging the 12V battery in situ can also charge the main battery once the 12V is fully charged? Or does the DC converter allow one way charging only? Perhaps this is why the manual states that the 12V battery should be removed for charging? If so, it would be a...