thanks for the input Mr. Lee and other Elist members. I guess I have some tranformer searching to do.
I would like to put one together to see if I could do it without Magic smoke. The kart that we are putting together is actually a 48V system and I was trying to split the voltage into dual chargers (24V) rather than one big 48V charger. Still searching ... Darryl --- Lee Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The transformer you list is far too small for a > reasonable charging > time. It would deliver less than 2 amps DC, which > would take over 95ah / > 2a = 42.5 hours to recharge from dead. > > The simplest thing you can do is buy a complete > power supply that has > voltage regulation and current limiting. The finish > voltage for a 24v > flooded battery is about 2.5 volts per cell x 12 > cells = 30 volts. > > If you like shopping at Jameco, they don't have any > 30v supplies, but > they have lots of 15v supplies; you could use two > (one per battery). For > example, Jameco part no. 203537, Cosel switcher, 15v > 7amp, $24.95. > -- > Lee A. Hart __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
