friendly1uk
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How much is that $95 300w charger, once you have bought the power supply it needs and perhaps paid for postage each time? Double?
A 300w bulk charger and bms could be delivered for just the $95 giving you money in your pocket and saving hours of wire swapping time. While gaining 24/7 protection and the child proof charging complexity of a mobile phone.
If you had many bikes of different voltages then you could make a saving by charger sharing. It is a messy solution though, causing nearly all of the fires we see here.
If you come to sell, you won't want to let $200 in RC charging gear go, and most people wouldn't want to buy it. Or a bike without charger.
If the term BMS is not computing, It's like this.. You buy the 12s RC charger, only it is a special one, costing $25 and weighing an ounce. You charge as usual for an RC setup. Then when you go for a ride, you unplug the charger from the Large DC power supply it needs, and ride off, taking the 1 ounce charger with you. No need to take the balance leads from the charger. It is still using them. To protect you from deep battery killing discharge. Saving you buying alarms, and fitting them somewhere. It will also watch for short circuits and overloads, disconnecting the battery when things go wrong. As the main battery wires loop through it, So that it can control them.
imo, a bike is not finished till it has a bms. Every manufacturer agrees. Anything using series cells of this nature has a bms in it. Except in modeling. Where people are left to make mistakes.
Perhaps it is time to transition over. More info and pictures are available in my yginrut thread. It is a 12s build.
A 300w bulk charger and bms could be delivered for just the $95 giving you money in your pocket and saving hours of wire swapping time. While gaining 24/7 protection and the child proof charging complexity of a mobile phone.
If you had many bikes of different voltages then you could make a saving by charger sharing. It is a messy solution though, causing nearly all of the fires we see here.
If you come to sell, you won't want to let $200 in RC charging gear go, and most people wouldn't want to buy it. Or a bike without charger.
If the term BMS is not computing, It's like this.. You buy the 12s RC charger, only it is a special one, costing $25 and weighing an ounce. You charge as usual for an RC setup. Then when you go for a ride, you unplug the charger from the Large DC power supply it needs, and ride off, taking the 1 ounce charger with you. No need to take the balance leads from the charger. It is still using them. To protect you from deep battery killing discharge. Saving you buying alarms, and fitting them somewhere. It will also watch for short circuits and overloads, disconnecting the battery when things go wrong. As the main battery wires loop through it, So that it can control them.
imo, a bike is not finished till it has a bms. Every manufacturer agrees. Anything using series cells of this nature has a bms in it. Except in modeling. Where people are left to make mistakes.
Perhaps it is time to transition over. More info and pictures are available in my yginrut thread. It is a 12s build.
