Re: (ET) Dan's 2/10A charger

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Perhaps one could be picked up from a golf course scrapyard?  Wouldn't be
as smart a charger, but certainly would do the job without complaint. 
220V is no problem to anyone who has a welding or electric dryer outlet
in the garage, or could install one.  I have one, hung it in there myself
(to code specs).

Dave
Weymouth MA



On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:01:50 -0500 "David Roden (Akron OH USA)"
<etpost drmm net> writes:
> There is seldom much discussion here of what I think is the best 
> answer to 
> ET charger problems : complete replacement with a more modern, 
> smarter 
> charger, one that will treat the batteries more kindly.  
> 
> The cheap solution is a used golf car charger.  They're too big to 
> live on board 
> the ET, though.
> 
> There are plenty of smaller 36v chargers around these days.  A 
> couple of 
> examples follow :
> 
> 1. I ran across these a while back and bookmarked the site.  
> Japlar/Schauer 
> make (or perhaps import, who knows) a 36 volt, 20 amp 3-stage (IUIo) 
> 
> switchmode charger, quite small and light, priced around $300 with 
> cables.  
> Voltage at 2.6vpc is a bit high, but they say you can order them set 
> to 
> whatever voltage you want.  It's made by Japlar/Schauer.  Schauer 
> used to 
> be a reputable brand - but who knows today, with all the cheapening 
> going 
> on.  
> 
> http://www.battery-chargers.com./catalog/25.pdf
> 
> http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-chargers/brands/japlar-
> schauer/JAC3620M.html
> 
> 2. Another possibility is the Interacter ICS-36 charger, with 
> similar specs, 
> except the Schauer is a universal input, and the Interacter is 120v 
> only or  
> 240v only (by special order).  Again, I have no idea as to quality 
> or durability.
> 
> Other ideas welcome.
> 
> 
> 
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