Sorry as far as the chargers go you can leave the normal series connections in place, and wire each charger to each battery. 6 chargers at 6 amps each running their own charging algorith based on each battery state of charge is preferable to one large charger trying to charge 6 batteries in parallel.
Just imagine the series string is open, when it is charging it better be. I have left the chargers in the circuit when the bike was turned on but the chargers disconnected from their ac source. No appraent problems with the Electricross chargers. Jeff On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Andrew Wowk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But, when you do charging with a bank of chargers you don't normally wire > the batteries in parallel, and you don't need to. This is because the > outputs from the bank of chargers are isolated from each other. > > If you want to wire the batteries in parallel, you have to break the series > connections, and if you want to wire the batteries in series, you have to > break the parallel connections. So, I have to do both. > > I'm going to do some rewiring to do just that. I purchased a load of > Anderson connectors and some more cable, lugs, and heatshrink, all for about > $185. My thinking is that the system will be more simple with one 12v > charger. To my knowedge noone has tried this for a high-power EV, and I want > to see how it works. I thought of quite a few advantages that I posted here > (scroll to end of post). > > Andrew in NM > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:46 AM, dale henderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > wouldn't be simpler to keep the high amp series connections in place and > put disconnects on the low amp parallel connections? > > > > you don't break the series connection to use a bank of chargers do you? > > > > > > Andrew Wowk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I could only get two in town without too much hunting around. I got > another 6 over the internet. > > > > Here's a review I posted: > > > > Charger Review > > > > I would really like to hook the batteries up in parallel so I can use just > one 12v charger, but that would require breaking the series connections with > some very large connectors. I'm trying to think of a way to do it with a > connector I can fabricate. > > > > Here's the idea. It's been done with good results on smaller projects. > > > > Regards, > > Andrew in NM > > > > > >
