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Old 16th June 2015, 03:41 PM
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Interesting. Do you need to do something special when you change the battery? I had mine changed a few weeks ago, but I didn't know there was more to it than the changeover.
You need to code the battery module so it relearns the characteristics of the new battery, for example discharge rate. Currently your 8 may start switching things off needlessly because it thinks the battery is going to die faster than the new reality.

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index...ry_Replacement

If the battery has the same AH and CCA then you usually just change the serial number slightly to fool it thinking it has a new battery.
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