Gorillazilla
10 W
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- Sep 26, 2021
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I'm having some difficulties finding a well made affordable charger that I can buy four of, to gently charge four 48v ebike batteries to 80% simultaneously
Originally I was going to get a Grin cycle satiator as I was just going to build one large battery and put it on the rear rack so I just needed one large powerful charger to charge one large battery in a reasonable timeframe.
But that changed after I was advised on this forum to test with a weight the same as the battery on the rear rack, which it made the bike really unstable and squirrely...
So I changed things up by splitting the cells into 4 separate batteries, which is a much better arrangement as it gives great flexibility in only carrying the amount of battery I need at any one time.
One in the frame for normal trips, an extra strapped to the rear rack for longer journeys
And if pulling a trailer, two more Batteries in the trailer itself
Problem now is that I need 4 affordable chargers, but want to avoid the dangerous and unreliable chinese specials as described here: https://electricbike-blog.com/2015/12/30/cheapo-chinese-charger-spews-out-smoke-as-i-dash-across-the-room-to-unplug-it-before-my-house-burns-down/
I thought I'd found what I was looking for in the Lunagizer Charger mentioned in that article, but they only have the 52v version in stock and are out of stock of the 48v version I need http://lunacycle.com/batteries/chargers/luna-charger-48v-advanced-300w-ebike-charger/
So does anyone know an equivalent to the luna charger?
Originally I was going to get a Grin cycle satiator as I was just going to build one large battery and put it on the rear rack so I just needed one large powerful charger to charge one large battery in a reasonable timeframe.
But that changed after I was advised on this forum to test with a weight the same as the battery on the rear rack, which it made the bike really unstable and squirrely...
So I changed things up by splitting the cells into 4 separate batteries, which is a much better arrangement as it gives great flexibility in only carrying the amount of battery I need at any one time.
One in the frame for normal trips, an extra strapped to the rear rack for longer journeys
And if pulling a trailer, two more Batteries in the trailer itself
Problem now is that I need 4 affordable chargers, but want to avoid the dangerous and unreliable chinese specials as described here: https://electricbike-blog.com/2015/12/30/cheapo-chinese-charger-spews-out-smoke-as-i-dash-across-the-room-to-unplug-it-before-my-house-burns-down/
I thought I'd found what I was looking for in the Lunagizer Charger mentioned in that article, but they only have the 52v version in stock and are out of stock of the 48v version I need http://lunacycle.com/batteries/chargers/luna-charger-48v-advanced-300w-ebike-charger/
So does anyone know an equivalent to the luna charger?