I have an Amrel programmable power supply 4A, 60V. Very handy for Li-ion. I am a lead acid dunce. Can I imitate a smart charger with the Amrel power supply?
Are there different protocols for conventional, AGM and Gel? I assume so. On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Lee Hart <leeah...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Craigslist brought me a B&D CMM1200 which seems to be quite a hoss at >>> 1200W. 24V. Bagger/mulcher, 1.5A charger. >>> >> > EVDL Administrator wrote: > >> Good find! Note that 1200 watts is>peak< - ask those little gel batteries >> to deliver 50 amps for more than a few seconds and see how far they get >> you! >> >> Unless B&D have made some drastic charger improvements in recent years >> (which I doubt), you can significantly improve your battery life with >> these >> mowers by chucking out the crappy wall wart charger they come with, and >> replacing it with a good smart charger. >> > > I agree. I have a 36v Black and Decker mower, bought from a damaged > freight outlet (the self-propelled feature is broken, and one wheel was > bent). > > The charger I got with it is first-class grade-A (for awful) junk. The > best they could get for a dollar. Don't use it unless you only want your > batteries to last a year or or two. > > Mine came with AGMs, not gels. But they are really cheap off-brand ones. > > > -- > If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it? > -- Albert Einstein > -- > Lee Hart's EV projects are at http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140429/96129c05/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
