[EVDL] pumping the amperes, replies

2017-07-26 Thread fred via EV
Cor van de Water, I'm not so good at keeping track of hacks I've done in the past. I'd been aiming at a nearly "turn it on and walk away" sort of solution. It seems that the Revolectrix answer is a good one for that objective. There's only two EVs remaining in our fleet that are suited for

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread Lee Hart via EV
From: Cor van de Water via EV >Maybe you can trick your charger by adding a second resistor of the same >value parallel to the original for current measurement, >so the current measurement shows half the actual current >and then configure your charger to charge and discharge at

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread Matt Lacey via EV
I use one of those testers on my batteries.  it's the best, hook it up to a laptop and the possibilities are endless. Pretty sure you can parallel for higher power levels,  of say you needed to do a power test on many larger cells ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On 27 Jul 2017 00:25, at 00:25, fred via

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread ROBERT via EV
2017 3:26 PM To: via EV Subject: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes? I've searched the world (wide web) over, but haven't been able to pin down the correct specifics to accomplish my goal. I'm hoping someone here has that valuable commodity known as experience and can better advise and/or direct me. I have 18

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread fred via EV
Boy, Howdy! That's a powerhouse! It certainly appears to have the capacity as well as all the features I'll need and then some. I've put a query to the USA operator to determine the best cabling combination, especially if it saves me a few american dollars overall. It looks like it would do

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 1:27 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes? Maybe something like Ebay 122047896993 ? Claims "Ah Measuring range 0 ~ 2000KAH"! It's certainly cheap enough. Accuracy? Reliability? Who knows? Disclaimer: I know not

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
Maybe something like Ebay 122047896993 ? Claims "Ah Measuring range 0 ~ 2000KAH"! It's certainly cheap enough. Accuracy? Reliability? Who knows? Disclaimer: I know nothing about this gadget, just what I read in the Ebay listing. Also: you don't always get what you pay for, but you seldom

Re: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Subject: [EVDL] Pumping the amperes? I've searched the world (wide web) over, but haven't been able to pin down the correct specifics to accomplish my goal. I'm hoping someone here has that valuable commodity known as experience and can better advise and/or direct me. I have 180AH LiFePO4 cells that I

[EVDL] Pumping the amperes?

2017-07-25 Thread fred via EV
I've searched the world (wide web) over, but haven't been able to pin down the correct specifics to accomplish my goal. I'm hoping someone here has that valuable commodity known as experience and can better advise and/or direct me. I have 180AH LiFePO4 cells that I want to test over an extended