Re: (ET) OT ET charger

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

If it's output is sort of a 'probe', no electrical connections but a
mysterious black plastic piece at the end of a cable, it is likely EV1
(and several other mfgr's vehicles, none here in New England that I know
of)   The lack of a DCV output figure on the plate sort of  signifies
this.   That probe is the primary of a transformer, secondary is in the
vehicle.
Useful it may be to the right party.  Valuable?  not to any EV'er I've
ever met.

Dave
Weymouth MA


On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:19:55 +0000 "harry landis" <hlandis hotmail com>
writes:
> 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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