View Single Post
Old 02-07-2008, 10:32 PM   #83 (permalink)
bennelson
EV test pilot
 
bennelson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
Posts: 4,435

Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 Chevy S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
90 day: 78.16 mpg (US)
Thanks: 17
Thanked 663 Times in 388 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
The charger is probably 65 amps @ at 36 V DC. So its 220v AC current rating will be much lower than that.
Right, I overlooked that. Now how does one convert AC amps to DC amps? I suppose there is also a certain efficiency loss inherent to the transformer to account for as well.

I should eventually figure this out so I can put the right size circiut breaker in the end.

I guess the other bad thing about 240 is that I can't use my Killawatt to see how much power was used. It was great being able to see the total power use of the electric motorcycle by plugging the charger into the Killawatt.

I suppose I can still do that will a lower amp 120V on-board charger. That would at least get me in the ballpark for measuring power use.
__________________


300mpg.org Learn how to BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR CHEAP
My YouTube Videos
  Reply With Quote