Re: (ET) chargers

[Tim Humphrey <hump evgrin com>]

Sounds like the same thing I had last year with my I-5.

Tried replacing capacitor - no help.

To make a long story short.....

Take the charger out, clean ALL connections in and on it and re-install. 
My cap and diodes were all good, just had dirty connections

Stay Charged!
Hump



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-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of john briese
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:58 AM
To: Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) chargers

Ok, I am officially in the deep end of the pool and I don't swim well.....

While installling my Alltrax, I checked my charger out put...with no
bateries connected... and it read 19.2 volts.  I connected it back up and
turned it on, now the reading is 37.2 volts. After 10 hrs of charging it
read 42.5 volts and immediatly after turning it off, batteries read 40.2
volts.
Do I have a problem?????
thanks
John  Briese
I-5 alltraxed


>From: neil <wombat dssinternet net>
>To: Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
>Subject: (ET) chargers
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:51:58 -0400
>
>John, I    have a Lester "automatic" that really is a ferro resonant
>type with a big capacitor hooked to the transformer.  You could check
>if yours is the same, if so disconnecting the cap will reduce the
>output voltage, you should be looking for about 46 volts or so.  If you
>do that be sure the transformer leads you disconnected are well taped,
>they can be dangerous.
>
>wombat  wonder, do you know what is problem with old charger ?
>
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