Sounds like this would protect a weak battery and keep it from gassing. I just gassed a battery yesterday and had to push my Lectra up a hill. Lawrence Rhodes.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "1sclunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 1:35 AM Subject: Re: battery equalizer idea
> Lee you sure don't know how to toot your own horn . Of all the battery > equalizers out there yours is by far the best idea I have seen . You > equalize both charging and discharging , and not just to the bat next door > either. You should be selling the thing . I'd like to make them and sell > them and give you a cut for all your work in designing it . look at the > website Roger Stockton set up for the Balancer? > See <http://www.geocities.com/sorefeets/balancerland/index.htm> > Do you have a file to send off to get pc boards made? Lets get a group > order of a 100 or so > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:32 AM > Subject: Re: battery equalizer idea > > > > Daniel Sama Rubio wrote: > > > > > > I am looking for feedback on a new idea for equalizing battery > > > strings. > > > > > > We could use 24V (30V) to 12V (15V) unidirectional DC-DC converters > > > with fixed output. The 24V input would be connected (to every other > > > battery. > > > There will be an 15V output connected to each battery. The last DC-DC > > > converter input would be connected to the last and first battery. > > > > > > The converters will be normally off. When the inputs reach 30V they > > > will start turning on. When battery n and n+1 go over 30V, converter1 > > > will try to charge battery n at 15V. Converter2 connected to battery > > > (n+1) and battery (n+2) will charge batery (n+1) at 15V. > > > > > > Would it work? > > > > Yes, though there are easier ways. You don't need (or want) to use > > 30vin/15vout converters. Half your input power would come from the > > battery you want to charge. It would be better to use 15vin/15vout > > isolated converters. This is what the Powercheq modules do. > > > > Or, use a single 15vin/15vout converter, and switch it between pairs of > > batteries. This is what the Badicheq does. > > > > Or, power the modules from the pack voltage as a whole. This is what the > > Zivan Smoother does. > > > > Or, use a single converter powered from the pack as a whole or AC when > > parked and charging, and switch its output to the desired battery. This > > is what I do in my Balancer. > > -- > > Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring > > 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering > > Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything > > leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen > > > > >
