There was a thread over on DIY Electricar where some people were working on a replacement control board for Zivan chargers. That would be the ticket if someone could get it created. Then you just program in what you want and be done with it.
I had to tell them I had 19 LFP cells to get the voltage I wanted for 20 LFP cells. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Buddy Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > If I am assuming correctly that Zivan and Elcom is the same distributor I > had the same experience with my Elcom. It was charging my Deka Gel 12volt > (8G31) to 242volts (15 batteries) where Deka stated the max was 214volts. I > went around with them and the company (not to be mentioned) that I purchased > the Elcom from to no avail. I finally purchased 4 Pro SeriesX4 to charge > each battery individually. Surprise, surprise the total voltage when > charging was max out at 214 volts, right to Deka specs. > Recently I started to convert to Lith and sold my 4 year old batteries to > the local Fishing Spot that rents out batteries by the day. He tested each > battery and all read between 105ah to 125ah. Well above the 97ah > specs...not bad for 4 year old batteries. I only had about 10k miles on > them which works out to 333 cycles on them at full charge (it was more like > double that with less than full charge). My point is I believe they > survived above expectation because I insured that they were not overcharged > and did not used the Elcom. > BTW I never got my Elcom charger back or my money. But then most of you have > already hear that story. > > > Buddy Mills > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of EVDL Administrator > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:21 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Charge profile on Zivan NG3 for 108V US Battery 125's > > On 22 Oct 2013 at 12:27, RightHand Engineering wrote: > >> the US distributor for Zivan seems to consistently program the Zivan >> chargers to be too aggressive when charging wet PbA batteries .. I ... >> asked to have it reprogrammed (for free), but they refused and defended >> their charging profile as "good" for the batteries. > > An acquaintance of mine had exactly the same experience with a K5 several > years ago. It was hammering his batteries, but the distributor flat-out > refused to change the profile at all. > > David Roden > EVDL Administrator > http://www.evdl.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -- David D. Nelson http://evalbum.com/1328 http://www.levforum.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
