[ausev] chargers

Tue Feb 2 17:24:47 GMT 2010

Joby:
Thanks for the offer but this charger won't fit in the spot that I have
envisioned for it. It's too tall.
George Mullins

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From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Joby Wieser
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:56 AM
To: ausev at austinev.org
Subject: [ausev] chargers

I hope im not violating a rule here, but I have a 120 volt Russco charger
that can be wired to work with any voltage stack between 86 and 144 volts
that I would sell for $900.00  If you are interested you can call me at
830-997-5043.

Joby In Fbg

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> I'm having a hard time justifying spending over 2K for a
> charger. Does
> anyone out there know anything about the ElCon chargers?
> 
> George Mullins
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> From: Easy Street <service at easystreetrecumbents.com>
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> The Mullins wrote:
> >
> > I?m having a hard time justifying spending over 2K for
> a charger. Does 
> > anyone out there know anything about the ElCon
> chargers?
> >
> 
> 
> This doesn't answer your question, I'm afraid. But I've
> come to expect 
> chargers to be an expensive item, or better to say that I'd
> be reluctant 
> to try to save money there.
> 
> - If anything is going to crap out suddenly it will be the
> charger, 
> though a failure there will at least leave you stuck at
> home, not out on 
> the road.
> - The faster the battery can recharge then the faster your
> vehicle is in 
> use again. And if you have batteries enough for decent
> range then 
> charging takes longer. Fast charging is a nice thing, but
> it costs you.
> - There seems to be a greater likelihood of things going up
> in a 
> fireball during charging, at least with fancy batteries.
> "Smart" is 
> good, but that costs more.
> 
> My QuiQ charger cost me "only" about $700, but I'm only
> dealing with 48V 
> and 40Ah.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Librik, LCI #929
> Easy Street Recumbents
> (512) 453-0438
> 5555 N. Lamar Blvd, #C105
> SE corner of Koenig & Lamar
> Behind the hair salon that faces Koenig
> Austin, TX 78751
> www.easystreetrecumbents.com
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:17:48 -0600
> From: Willie McKemie <mckemie at spamcop.net>
> Subject: Re: [ausev] (no subject)
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> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:37:57AM -0600, The Mullins
> wrote:
> > I'm having a hard time justifying spending over 2K for
> a charger. Does
> > anyone out there know anything about the ElCon
> chargers?
> 
> I've been looking at them for some time.  I've been
> worried that no one 
> in this country can adjust or program them.  I
> recently come around to 
> the view that the CV stage is not crucial for LFP
> cells.  I've had a 
> couple of chargers on order from EVComponents for about two
> months.  I 
> expect them "any day now".
> 
> The Chinese supplier or manufacturer is advertising on
> evtradingpost:
> http://is.gd/7iJey
> 
> I got a response and a quote from a query.  $480 (in
> China) for a 2KW, 
> which seems practical to use both with 110vac and 220vac,
> $940 for 4KW, 
> and $1400 for 6KW.  All quantity one.  About 15%
> off for 20, about 20% 
> off for 50.  As I recall, the EVComponents price for a
> 2KW is $500, so 
> it would cost quite a bit more than that to get oneses from
> China.
> 
> There have recently been some positive comments about Elcon
> on EVDL.
> 
> -- 
> Willie, ONWARD!  Through the fog!
> http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836
> since 1995
> Debian3.1/GNU/Linux system uptime  777 days  6
> hours 00 minutes
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:23:37 -0600
> From: gary <gkrysztopik at satx.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [ausev] (no subject) - charger
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> Craig has one installed in his jeep and we installed one in
> Jon's MR2. 
> They are both still working with no problems. Craig has
> about 2 years 
> running his jeep and Jon's daily driver is almost one year
> old, both 
> using Trojan flooded batteries. They are not isolated, 
> semi-programmable, no temperature compensation and only 2KW
> but those 
> are the tradeoff's with cost. They seem to work well for a
> low-cost charger.
> 
> The more expensive chargers might be justified if you
> expect to use the 
> same charger for different battery types or voltages, need
> quick 
> charging, or need temperature compensation for sealed lead
> acid batteries.
> 
> Gary Krysztopik
> ZWheelz, LLC - www.ZWheelz.com
> Alamo City Electric Auto Association - www.aceaa.org
> blog - http://voices.mysanantonio.com/drive_electric_san_antonio/
> 
> San Antonio, TX
> 
> 
> 
> The Mullins wrote:
> >
> > I?m having a hard time justifying spending over 2K for
> a charger. Does 
> > anyone out there know anything about the ElCon
> chargers?
> >
> > George Mullins
> >
> > http://store.kta-ev.com/Battery_Chargers/PFC2000_Charger.aspx
> >
> >
> 
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