On 1/30/2013 12:28 AM, John Neiswanger wrote:
do I understand that even if I set this unit up to charge
from a 230V line it still would not be adequate for these batteries?
It's lower than Enersys recommends for your Odyssey 31-PC2150 batteries.
The lower charge rate will still work, but it shortens the battery life.
In fact, I'm worried that having only 6 batteries in the Tropica will
give it a very short range and low battery life, anyway. How would the
owner feel about a 20-mile range and 200 cycles battery life?
A way around the charging current problem is to get a second charger.
Use two at once for the initial "bulk" part of the charge cycle. The
second charger could be twin Delta-Q, or just a simple stupid
transformer-rectifier charger, that tapers to nothing once the pack
voltage is over 13.5v each.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong
reasons. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
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Lee A. Hart, http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm
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