jameswalker
100 mW
Hi All,
My BMS battery charger has just gone pop. I was using it at 66.4V to charge an a123 pack at around 5A charge current, so fairly slow and safe. No BMS required.
I would like to replace it with a more robust charger of similar (or perhaps better) spec but from searching these forums, there only seems to exist decent chargers upward of 1.2KW. This is a bit excessive for me, so was wondering if anyone could recommend a less powerful charger? If this area in the market has a bit of a gap, then which of those higher power chargers should I go for? $500 is an absolute upper limit, would much rather pay no more than $250. The BMS one was around $50, so I am expecting to pay a lot more, but hopefully not 10 times more.
I have read about mean well PSU's, but these require some work / multiple packs to reach 66V, then also revolectrix. there is another make beginning with Q that seemed OK, but again these were all a bit over kill.
Anyone able to help?
Thanks,
My BMS battery charger has just gone pop. I was using it at 66.4V to charge an a123 pack at around 5A charge current, so fairly slow and safe. No BMS required.
I would like to replace it with a more robust charger of similar (or perhaps better) spec but from searching these forums, there only seems to exist decent chargers upward of 1.2KW. This is a bit excessive for me, so was wondering if anyone could recommend a less powerful charger? If this area in the market has a bit of a gap, then which of those higher power chargers should I go for? $500 is an absolute upper limit, would much rather pay no more than $250. The BMS one was around $50, so I am expecting to pay a lot more, but hopefully not 10 times more.
I have read about mean well PSU's, but these require some work / multiple packs to reach 66V, then also revolectrix. there is another make beginning with Q that seemed OK, but again these were all a bit over kill.
Anyone able to help?
Thanks,