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This is sort of tangential to most of the activity here on ES but maybe others use these big battery chargers on golf carts and other wet cell projects.
I had bought a used 24 volt manlift at auction. The onboard charger flashed error codes and didnt charge. I was going to start a thread here to ask for help in fixing the thing myself, assuming it was oldschool vintage stuff no longer supported by an actual functioning company. I found the website for Lester electrical and started poking around. It lead me to an operating manual for the charger under "legacy" products.
The manual led me down the troubleshooting process and the solution to the error codes flashing on my charger was to "Call Lester Electric". I called the factory in Lincoln NE and spoke to technical assistance. He asked me a couple of questions and exclaimed that the control board was malfunctioning. Before I could ask what i had to do next, he asked for my address so he could mail me a new control board free of charge.
One week later charger is up and running. This was a most pleasant surprise and I thought it was worth a mention for what ever its worth...
I had bought a used 24 volt manlift at auction. The onboard charger flashed error codes and didnt charge. I was going to start a thread here to ask for help in fixing the thing myself, assuming it was oldschool vintage stuff no longer supported by an actual functioning company. I found the website for Lester electrical and started poking around. It lead me to an operating manual for the charger under "legacy" products.
The manual led me down the troubleshooting process and the solution to the error codes flashing on my charger was to "Call Lester Electric". I called the factory in Lincoln NE and spoke to technical assistance. He asked me a couple of questions and exclaimed that the control board was malfunctioning. Before I could ask what i had to do next, he asked for my address so he could mail me a new control board free of charge.
One week later charger is up and running. This was a most pleasant surprise and I thought it was worth a mention for what ever its worth...