[ausev] ROI on sustainable technologies

[Roy Holder]

At 10:54 AM 8/13/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Scott,
>
>  I love driving the RAVolt and am always glad that I put in the effort to
>create it.
>
>  Batteries are stable @ a comfortable 20 mile range (meaning I don'  
>No leaks.
> 
>I'd like to build an oh-sh!t charger: one w/o any brains that just
>dumps rectified 120 RMS VAC into my 144 VDC pack while I monitor it- does
>anyone have some ideas or plans?

The 'no brains'  charger I think would quiclky cause a breaker trip. you
would typically be limited to 16 to 18 amps on the 120vac side w/o power
correction(more brains..), maby less depending or the state of the core and
coil inverter.

I use a russco 120vac charger as my main charger.  I specifically chose the
120vac version so I could charge anywhere.  It works real nice and I can
adjust the amps to match what is available.  I know it cost a lot more than
a basic rectifier, but I think the batteries are worth it.

My trojan J150 batts are 2 years old now and I still drive 20 miles a day,
with accasional trips of 25 to 28.  I hope you have as good a use out of
your batts as mine.


>
>Rob
>& EValbum 995
> 
>
>On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Wieser Scott <Scott.Wieser at irs.gov> wrote:
>       & proactive. Also, how is  the ravolt&#39;s batteries doing?  
>We&#39;re all in this  together,   Scott  
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