BATTERY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
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1. A battery maintenance system for performing maintenance on a string of storage batteries, comprising:
- a plurality of battery monitors each of which is configured to electrically couple to a battery in the string of batteries and measure parameters of batteries in the string;
a plurality of controllable electrical loads each of which are configured to electrically couple to a battery within the string of batteries; and
wherein the controllable electric load is controlled during charging of the string of batteries as a function of the measured parameters measured by the plurality of battery monitors.
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Abstract
A battery maintenance system for performing maintenance on a string of storage batteries includes a plurality of battery monitors each of which is configured to electrically couple to a battery in the string of batteries and measure an electrical parameter of the string of batteries. A plurality of controllable electrical loads, each of which are configured to electrically couple to a battery within the string of batteries. The electric loads are controlled during charging of the string of batteries as a function of the parameters measured by the plurality of battery monitors.
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1. A battery maintenance system for performing maintenance on a string of storage batteries, comprising:
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a plurality of battery monitors each of which is configured to electrically couple to a battery in the string of batteries and measure parameters of batteries in the string; a plurality of controllable electrical loads each of which are configured to electrically couple to a battery within the string of batteries; and wherein the controllable electric load is controlled during charging of the string of batteries as a function of the measured parameters measured by the plurality of battery monitors. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for performing maintenance on a string of batteries, comprising:
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measuring an electrical parameter of each battery in the string of batteries using a plurality of battery monitors connected to a plurality of batteries in a string of batteries; applying a charging voltage across the string of batteries; applying a controllable electric load to at least one of the batteries in the string of batteries based upon an output from the battery monitor. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A battery maintenance system for maintaining a plurality of batteries connected to a battery charger comprising at least one battery monitor connected to at least one of the plurality of batteries, the battery monitor comprising:
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first and second electrical connectors configured to electrical couple respective positive and negative terminals of the at least one of the plurality of batteries; battery test circuitry coupled to the first and second electrical connectors configured to measure an electrical parameter of the at least one battery of the plurality of batteries; a controllable electrical load coupled to the first and second configured to apply an electrical load to the at least one battery of the plurality of batteries; and a controller coupled to the battery test circuitry and the controllable electrical load configured to control the controllable electrical load and apply the electrical load to the at least one battery of the plurality of batteries as a function of the measured electrical parameter to thereby control a charging voltage applied to the at least one battery or the plurality of batteries during charging of the plurality of batteries by the battery charger. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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