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Old 03-19-2012, 08:24 PM   #165 (permalink)
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Metro, just do what I did until I got a suitable charger for my ev, wire it in straight into the 220v through a diode or bridge with a resistor AKA 110v bulb.

It will literally take you $5 and 5 minutes to assemble and although inefficient its still probably less expensive than not charging. Gas is more than 0.25 cents of electricity (if that)

3 Dollar Battery Charger

If you already have a killowatt and one of those ac timers you can safely use one of these to slowly top off your pack each day.

Just keep the exposed terminals inside and use a Ground fault outlet.

And if you want to take 10 minutes and $20 use a motor run cap instead of the resistor with a bridge and it will be efficient.

No less safe than the typical non-isolated chargers.

Have fun.
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