Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] Brother-in-law button?

[Johnathan Vail]

That was going to be my next comment.  If they are isolated then you can easily stack the chargers all in series.  But you would be better off to use 12 volt or 24 volt isolated chargers on each battery or pair of batteries.  That way the "smart" chargers can better manage differences in cells and supposedly get longer life out of them.  A little more wiring to come to another connector but shouldn't be a big deal.  The wiring for the charger doesn't have to handle the same current as the batteries can supply during use. Good idea for that brother-law-button.  I should have had one on my old EX-500.  The only time it was dumped on the street was when my brother took it for a spin.  Of course I left it on the kickstand in the sand under my deck.  It fell over and the tank hit diagonally on the deck post and put a nice dent in it.  At least with the new electric bike (hopefully on the road before Fall...) there won't be a tank to get dented. jv < Hells Amperes Motorcycle Club Timothy W. Foreman wrote: In our last exciting episode Johnathan Vail exclaimed: I deleted the email before I got back to the browser to see the diagram but what is the function of this button? http://electricmotorcycles.net/modules/xcgal/albums/userpics/10003_massupload/ebike_wiring2_sml.jpg Can you really series the chargers like that? Huh. I would have never thought of that. That makes onboard charging a bit simpler... -- Blog: http://volcano.newts.org