(ET) OT ET charger

["harry landis" <hlandis hotmail com>]

Probably not quite ET stuff, but a friend has a charger that appears to be 
for an EV-1. It is about 5' tall, maybe 10 x 15 inches around, says 
Magnecharger on the front,  the nameplate says it is by Delco Electronics 
Power Control Systems, Floor Mount EV Battery Charger FM200, 208-240 input, 
30 amps, output 6600 watts max, made in 1997.
Is it useful/valuable?

Thanks,

Harry Landis


From: Michael S Briggs <msbriggs alberti unh edu>
To: RJ Kanary <rjkanary nauticom net>
CC: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) card 1 a-ok
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:50:33 -0400 (EDT)


RJ,
        I saw some references to the alphabetical markings on the timer in
the archives - but my timer doesn't have those markings (remember, it's a
15AA, so very early - apparently those markings came later). I ended up
removing the timer yesterday anyway, since there's apparently a loose
connection inside - it was periodically shutting off the charger even
though it wasn't finished (not on off). Picking up and moving the timer
around would get it going again, but then it would shut off, etc.
        So, I just connected the power line coming in directly, across an
inline circuit breaker, rather than through the timer.

Mike

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Michael S. Briggs
UNH Physics Department
(603) 862-2828
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On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, RJ Kanary wrote:

>      Eighteen hours is the maximum cycle length.One should be able to
> extrapolate from there. GE used alphabetical markings, and approximate 
years
> of power pack use markings, just to make it more confusing.That 
information
> is likely contained in the Use & Care Manual.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael S Briggs"
> <msbriggs alberti unh edu>
> To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:28 AM
> Subject: (ET) card 1 a-ok
>
>
>>
>> I pulled card 1 out last night to see what fried due to the shorted 
coil,
>> from me not realizing those surplus relays have a diode across the coil.
>> It turns out that the only thing that fried (it seems) was the trace
>> coming from pin 8. I fixed that, put the card back in, and it seems to
>> work fine now. Yeeha!
>>  I also put the original charger timer back in for now, to use
>> until I fix the Landis controller  I fried. Seems to work well. That 
left
>> me wondering how long the charger normally should run for a certain 
amount
>> of use time (i.e. if mowing for 45 minutes, what's a reasonable amount 
of
>> time for the charger to need to run to recharge the pack), and also how
>> long the charger runs for different set points on the dial.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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>> (603) 862-2828
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