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RE: (ET) E12 charger problem



A bad electrolytic will drop the top of the charge voltage.  Depending on the leak, it may go as low as 34-35V.  To check, disconnect the electrolytic (use electric tape or something to prevent a short.  If the charge voltage increases by several volts after 2 or 3 hours, the
electrolytic was leaky.
 
Larry Elie
 
-----Original Message-----
From: vince albrecht [mailto:wva329 hotmail com]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:08 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) E12 charger problem

I'm not an active ElekTraker on this list, as my machine resides 1.5 hours away, and I rarely have time to really get into fixing it entirely. 

However, I'm having trouble getting a charge on the batteries.  This just started this summer.  The needle always used to go into the white charge zone after about 3 hours of charging, but now it only stays in green, and never goes any further.  The batteries, bought 2 summers ago, appear to be OK.  But the meter reads just a little over 34 and doesn't go higher.  Thus, I suspect something going on with charger. 

Can anyone give me any hints or suggestions as to what to check?  My wife is threatening to rent a trailer and haul the thing back to our garage to give me more time to work on it!  Thanks


vince albrecht, cpa, mdiv
wva329 hotmail com
312.513.3281 cell


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