So, what are the sources for buying them other than from Brusa in Europe? I like the idea of paralleling them to get 6kW capability. So, these are isolated chargers?
Doing a little web digging I came up with (warning: some links may be old/offer-no-longer-available): http://www.brusa.biz/index.php?id=55&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=178 Discontinuation of NLG513! Last chance to buy our long time proven bestseller until 15.08.2013 http://www.brusa.eu/fileadmin/Diverses/Download/BRUSA_Sale.pdf Brusa charger manuals http://www.brusa.biz/index.php?id=206&L=1 NLG513 manual http://media3.ev-tv.me/BrusaManual2012.pdf http://blog.evtv.me/store/proddetail.php?prod=brusanlg Brusa NLG513-U1-O1l Charger $2k offer http://forums.evtv.me/?forum=270215 Forums > Brusa NLG513-U1-O1L Charger http://www.metricmind.com/category/ev-battery-chargers/ Metric Mind http://www.metricmind.com/price-list/ price list http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/brusa-nlg513-u1-o1l-1900-shipped-82119.html diy forum http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/brusa-nlg-513-not-charging-50372.html {brucedp.150m.com} - On Tue, Apr 9, 2013, at 07:12 AM, EVDL Administrator wrote: > On 9 Apr 2013 at 2:43, rustybkts wrote: > > > Brusa are now selling their chargers for less than half price now. > > 1,200 Euro. ... > > > > This price is almost as low as a Chinese one but far superior and future > > proof. > > The Brusa page (the link doesn't work; just look under News from the > error > page) says : "Maintenance will be possible until end of 2016." > > I really like Brusa chargers, and I agree that their "Swiss made" quality > is > legendary. They are also one of the most flexible and configurable > chargers > around. And sophisticated; someone once said that the old NLG4's guts > looked like a Borg designed it. > > However, just be aware that you may not be able to get help with it a few > years down the road. > > If you're savvy enough that you can reverse engineer the charger yourself > when you need to repair it, great, but for many hobbyists I'm afraid > that's > something to think twice about. OTOH if you were planning to buy a > cheapie > and just junk it when it dies anyway, then maybe this is a good > alternative. - - On Tue, Apr 9, 2013, at 02:43 AM, rustybkts wrote: > If anyone is interested, Brusa are now selling their chargers for less > than > half price now. 1,200 Euro. > > http://www.brusa.biz/index.php?id=55...ews%5d=178&L=1 > > I have used one of these excellent chargers for some years now and > purchased > another recently from Jack Rickard's EVTV store but these will have a > full 2 > year manufacturers warranty. > They can be paralleled for a full 32A charge which is where my second one > is > destined and I am very tempted to get another. > > This price is almost as low as a Chinese one but far superior and future > proof. > > Contact:- [email protected] and don't forget to mention my name as I > might then get a discount. :) - -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
