Re: (ET) Ooops, timer died

Or, remove the timer and replace with a Landis charge controller. $40 and you can plug it in and forget it (for the most part). The charger will "trickle" while being on for that long, however, it's not easy on the capacitors. They usually start to bulge after getting too hot, and after too long, they will short/open and usually knock one or both diodes out.

hlandis hotmail com is the email address for Harry to get the charge controllers.

Chad

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie <medievalist gmail com>
To: Christopher Zach <cz alembic crystel com>
Cc: Elec-Trak <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 4:28 pm
Subject: Re: (ET) Ooops, timer died

I guess that's why people call the stock charger the "battery boiler"?      :)

Thanks for the reminder to always check the machine the next morning!

--Charlie

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Christopher Zach
<cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> Checked my tractor this morning and it was still charging, for 20 hours or
> so. In other words the timer motor died.
>
> Drat! Serious overcharge. Fortunately I am using NiCD cells, they can handle
> this fairly well. But I should put in a redundant timer in the event one
> fails.
>
> C
>
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