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IDemo

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8. I tend to agree, to an extent

Reply to geomon666 (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 10:29 AM

Jan 2013

If "BCU wasn't running" means Battery Control Unit (more often referred to as BMS, or Battery Management System), then the circuitry and logic required to monitor and control the battery's charge state wasn't running correctly, and too many Amp Hours made it into the battery. In which case, the fault would lie with the BCU/BMS, not the battery.

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