Battery charger - Revision history

Rjf: Reverted edits by 65.49.2.171 (Talk); changed back to last version by Rjf

2009-03-30T04:30:37Z

Reverted edits by 65.49.2.171 (Talk); changed back to last version by Rjf

65.49.2.171: /* Rusco */

2009-03-24T08:47:47Z

Rusco

Rjf: /* Rusco */

2008-02-03T08:02:08Z

Rusco

Rjf: links to more chargers.

2008-02-03T07:59:58Z

links to more chargers.

Rjf: Supercapacitor article, rearranged sections.

2007-04-26T22:25:44Z

Supercapacitor article, rearranged sections.

Rjf: links to good charger articles.

2007-04-26T22:22:23Z

links to good charger articles.

69.228.204.183: added generator

2007-04-12T19:59:16Z

added generator

Rjf: moved section to Battery Management System, intro paragraph.

2007-01-23T01:24:58Z

moved section to Battery Management System, intro paragraph.

Rjf: cleanup, See Also

2007-01-23T01:16:39Z

cleanup, See Also

71.142.69.199: /* Battery Charge Regulators */

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Battery Charge Regulators

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 * http://www.russcoev.com/
 * http://www.electroauto.com/catalog/charger.shtml#russco
 ==Zivan==

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 * http://www.russcoev.com/
 * http://www.electroauto.com/catalog/charger.shtml#russco
 ==Zivan==

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	* http://www.electroauto.com/catalog/charger.shtml#russco		* http://www.electroauto.com/catalog/charger.shtml#russco

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 The '''Battery charger''' is the device which is responsible for charging the multiple batteries.  It may include or be a part of the overall [[Battery Management System]] (BMS).  Chargers can range from a manual operated variac perhaps with a timer, sometimes called a ''bad boy charger'', to a semi or fully automatic chargers which may also be intigrated into a fully automatic BMS.
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 === Using a towed generator ===
 [[Generator]]
 ==Zivan==
 The Italian company '''Zivan''' makes a range of modestly priced 3-stage
 chargers in various voltages.  They are based on switchmode power

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 The '''Battery charger''' is the device which is responsible for charging the multiple batteries.  It may include or be a part of the overall [[Battery Management System]] (BMS).  Chargers can range from a manual operated variac perhaps with a timer, sometimes called a ''bad boy charger'', to a semi or fully automatic chargers which may also be intigrated into a fully automatic BMS.
 === Using a towed generator ===
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 like the Canpulse.  I get the impression that these units operate
 independently of the charger.
 [[Category:BEV components]]

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 ==See Also==
 * [[WikiPedia:Battery charger]]
 [[Category:BEV components]]

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	The '''Battery charger''' is the device which is responsible for charging the multiple batteries. It may include or be a part of the overall [[Battery Management System]] (BMS). Chargers can range from a manual operated variac perhaps with a timer, sometimes called a ''bad boy charger'', to a semi or fully automatic chargers which may also be intigrated into a fully automatic BMS.		The '''Battery charger''' is the device which is responsible for charging the multiple batteries. It may include or be a part of the overall [[Battery Management System]] (BMS). Chargers can range from a manual operated variac perhaps with a timer, sometimes called a ''bad boy charger'', to a semi or fully automatic chargers which may also be intigrated into a fully automatic BMS.
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		+	=== Using a towed generator ===
		+	[[Generator]]

	==Zivan==		==Zivan==

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-See [[WikiPedia:Battery charger]]
+==Zivan==
 The Italian company '''Zivan''' makes a range of modestly priced 3-stage
 chargers in various voltages.  They are based on switchmode power
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 independently of the charger.
-=== Battery Charge Regulators ===
+== Battery Charge Regulators ==
 Samples were available to me of both the '''BattPro''' regulator designed by Mark Hansen and sold by Wilde Evolutions and the '''Rudman Regulator''' designed by Joe Smalley of Manzanita Micro is sold by Rick Rudman, E-Car and others. Since my batteries are placed in tight spacing, and with some on their sides, it was not practical to use the + battery post as the heat sink for the Reg as required by the BattPro. Also living in California with no freezing temperature my battery cases are open to the weather under the hood and in the rear trunk area where the gas tank used to be. Also I wanted to see all the LEDs at once. The blinking LED easier to see on the Rudman than the gradually increasing intensity glow of the BattPro.
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 The charger must be set to turn off just before all the LEDS are full on and no longer blinking. That is exactly the way my 220 Vac Zivan charger operates. l am beta-testing a RUSSCO separate on-board 110 Vac for charging on the road when 220 Vac is not available.
-'''Zivan Smoother'''
+==Zivan Smoother==
 Greg McCrea, U.S. distributor for Italian-made Zapi controllers and Zivan chargers, at Electric Conversions in Sacramento CA.  My test is on my 20 Optima YTs buddy pairs at 120 VDC.  I can tell you that I am very pleased with its performance. I have moved the Smoother display and control panel from the under hood box and mounted it in the speaker opening on the dashboard so I can watch the equalizing process directly
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 The Smoother sells for $950 for a 120 VDC battery pack, $10 extra for each 12 V battery relay circuit added.
 [[Category:BEV components]]

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 === Battery Charge Regulators ===
-Samples were available to me of both the BattPro regulator designed by Mark Hansen and sold by Wilde Evolutions and the Rudman Regulator designed by Joe Smalley of Manzanita Micro is sold by Rick Rudman, E-Car and others. Since my batteries are placed in tight spacing, and with some on their sides, it was not practical to use the + battery post as the heat sink for the Reg as required by the BattPro. Also living in California with no freezing temperature my battery cases are open to the weather under the hood and in the rear trunk area where the gas tank used to be. Also I wanted to see all the LEDs at once. The blinking LED easier to see on the Rudman than the gradually increasing intensity glow of the BattPro.
+Samples were available to me of both the '''BattPro''' regulator designed by Mark Hansen and sold by Wilde Evolutions and the '''Rudman Regulator''' designed by Joe Smalley of Manzanita Micro is sold by Rick Rudman, E-Car and others. Since my batteries are placed in tight spacing, and with some on their sides, it was not practical to use the + battery post as the heat sink for the Reg as required by the BattPro. Also living in California with no freezing temperature my battery cases are open to the weather under the hood and in the rear trunk area where the gas tank used to be. Also I wanted to see all the LEDs at once. The blinking LED easier to see on the Rudman than the gradually increasing intensity glow of the BattPro.
 At a electronic surplus store I found an IBM accessory box and mounted all the Rudman Regs in it. A fused lead from each battery junction connected through a multi-contact plug and socket connects to the regs. A pair of wires from each Reg then go to an external 5 ohm 25 watt resistor on a common heat sink. For final equalization battery charge every 2 weeks or so the cable connector can be disconnected to remove the regs from each battery and then fully equalized Optimas charged according to Optima recommendations for the final full charge of 2 A for 3 hours. I will not do this for more than 1/2 hours so as not to over gas any of the sealed batteries.
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 battery, and no current is being bypassed. When the batteries voltage rises to the Regs trip point then the Reg flashes on to bypass another pulse. '
-'The Charger should reduce it's charge current when the entire strings voltage is just at the combined Regs set points...it should trickle charge at this voltage, and not over amp the batteries and the Regs. If the Regs are no longer blinking...they are no longer regulating...they must blink or else you battery voltage will be above 15.5...or about 1 volt over their set point. With a loadless Regs and 5 ohms of bypass on a external heat
+The Charger should reduce it's charge current when the entire strings voltage is just at the combined Regs set points...it should trickle charge at this voltage, and not over amp the batteries and the Regs. If the Regs are no longer blinking...they are no longer regulating...they must blink or else you battery voltage will be above 15.5...or about 1 volt over their set point. With a loadless Regs and 5 ohms of bypass on a external heat
 sink, the Regs are safe from overload...but they can't keep the battery voltage under control if you drive them to full on. To test this put a volt meter across a Reg protected battery and watch the voltage as the Regs start to work... Once you have them blinking...if the charge current is still to high for the Regs..the voltage will stay in the regulation voltage area for a while and then the blinking will increase in rate and duration, at a certain point the flashing will increase and the the voltage will then
 start to rise again. At this point reduce your charge current, or double up your 5 Ohm external load banks. The stock Regs will stand about 10 amps of continuous current...or 120 watts of waste heat. This would take 4 or 5, 5 ohm 25 watt resistors. Better yet crank down your charger to stay below 2 amps of finished float charge current.'
 The charger must be set to turn off just before all the LEDS are full on and no longer blinking. That is exactly the way my 220 Vac Zivan charger operates. l am beta-testing a RUSSCO separate on-board 110 Vac for charging on the road when 220 Vac is not available.
 [[Battery Management System]] BMS
 [[Category:BEV components]]