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12.22.2009, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianG View Post
...4s at 25A will take a max of 420w! At some point, the only equipment capable of that level of power/current will be bench CC/CV power supplies, but they don't have all the error checking and balancing functions that true chargers do. ....To get 420w out of 12v, you'd need around a 45-50A supply. Not cheap.
Yep. The Ebike guys are starting to use CCCV bench power supplies with standalone balancers like the battery medic from HC. With 12 to 20s setups and 10 or 20a/h packs we need it just to get a charge below 4 hours.


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