On 24 Aug 2015 at 1:13, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > Why a discontinued charger that will be hard to get support or repaired?
I'm not the original poster, but I can give you one reason. Regardless of generation, Brusa makes (and has made for years) the most flexible, smartest chargers I've ever seen. More importantly, they are NOT locked down by default. Some EV chargers are quite smart, but they're deliberately locked by their manufacturers, either into one fixed profile or into a list of unmodifiable selectable ones. These EV chargers aren't really meant for EV hobbyists who like to tweak and change things. They're aimed at manufacturers who don't want the owners tinkering - ever. Other chargers - including some fairly popular with EV hobbyists - are open, but just aren't very smart and/or programmable. Brusa chargers are 100% user programmable. They have what amounts to a programming language. The factory provides full documentation. You can use Brusa's premade profiles as-is, modify one, or write your own from scratch. If you think your finishing voltage or current is too high, you can lower it. If you'd like to try dv/dt, you can. If you want to change your battery voltage (over a wide range), that's easy to do. Brusa's main downside is that they are rather expensive chargers in terms of dollars per watt. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ 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)
