On 1/17/2011 1:41 AM, Chris Zach wrote:
On 1/15/2011 8:26 PM, Robert Adsett wrote:On 1/15/2011 10:35 AM, Banks, Michael J. wrote:I was under the impression, that using the tractor while charging was a bad thing.That depends on the charger. There are a couple of circumstances where using a charger on a running EV could cause damage.There is another problem: If you pull too much power through the charger you could blow the diodes. That could be a problem.
Definitely a point.Any decent modern charger will have a brick wall current limit that should prevent that but simpler chargers could well be prone to that given sufficient load.
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