Hi to all,
I went to Woodburn with my Manzanita Micro PFC-20 charger (ugly box, serial #2), happy that I'd be able to pump 15 to 25 amps into my Dualin'7. I have two strings of big 42ah Hawkers, so I don't need that much charge after a run down the drag strip. HAH! That's what I thought. After my first run, the battery warm-up run, I plugged in my PFC-20 to give my batteries a little drink of juice. Hmmm...15 amps, good; I thought. I talked to a few people and took a look at a few cars and came back to the car to check the voltage on my pack...164V...this is going to take a while. I took my next run at pretty much full charge, but that's only because the junior dragsters took so long to get through their runs. On my third run I drove into the water box. With my rear tires sitting in a little water I armed the controller bypass switch and stomped on the go pedal. The tires did a very satisfying smoky burn-out that sent the D'7 screaming toward the staging lights! Well, that and the 1/4 mile was more heat than the Kilovac EV500 could take and at the end of the strip I had to pull the circuit breakers to stop. I pulled into the return lane and pulled off into the grass. It took a trip to the pits for my ohm meter and a few dead cycles of the Kilovac to get running again. By the time I got back to the pits, I thought there was no way I was going to get fully charged again. (sound of a cavalry bugle call and horse hooves) Rich Rudman offered to let me hook up to the ***PFC-50***!! Cool! I hooked up my 4ga charge cord and watched the voltage rise on my E-meter as Rich turned up the amps on the PFC-50. I yelled out the volts and quickly switched the e-meter to read amps. 165V...25amps...170V...30amps ...176V that's enough Rich! He told me to check the amps again. I quickly pressed the button on the E-meter...GEEEZ!...60 AMPS! Needless to say, I was fully charged for the next run. It was a new NEDRA record, 14.725! I kept using the incredible PFC-50 for charging after each run. I set the record for SC/E again on a latter run. I can thankfully say that the new record was made possible by Rich Rudman and Joe Smalley and their wonderful creation the PFC-50 charger. Rich, who says you didn't set a record at Woodburn this year? Not me. Rich Brown Dualin'7 NEDRA SC/E and SC/F record holder
