Re: (ET) OT ET charger

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

There's a rail dragster out there that dump charges off the EV that towed
her in while the tow vehicle charges from wind and solar.   Races at the
Bonneville salt flats (if the track still open).  A dump charge gotta be
more than that amount of watts.  (sorry I don't know the pack E of the
racer but I can find out.  Know the owner)
See Car and Driver Feb 05.

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:01:26 -0400 "Jerry Rhodes" <jerry38 alltel net>
writes:
> Harry, sure would make one he...l of a battery charger for a ET/EV 
> drager an 
> ET Puller....now to work out the max  amps the batteries can take in 
> ..say 
> 10 minutes without smoking and I bet it weights a ton...
> Jerry NW Ohio
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "harry landis" <hlandis hotmail com>
> To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:19 PM
> Subject: (ET) OT ET charger
> 
> 
> > 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
> >
> > --
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Michael S. Briggs
> > UNH Physics Department
> > (603) 862-2828
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> Michael S. Briggs
> > >> UNH Physics Department
> > >> (603) 862-2828
> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
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