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Old 04-06-11 | 09:51 AM
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edcastrovalley
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From: SF east bay

Bikes: "e" marin, gary fisher, giant

Originally Posted by jethro56
I only tried one 6s 5000mAh turnigy on 12V. No problem at 10amps but that's only like 240 watts. If I get a chance I'll check it out. I've been running 2 12V tractor batteries since then.
Very nice! You should be able to charge all your lipos on the tractor batteries.

My Icharger 1010B+ went into smoke release mode this weekend so I'm thinking of getting a second charger to use while they repair my charger. I have to send it to China!

I couldn't live without my e-bike (especially with our wonderfully high gas prices) so I'm charging my lipo batteries with an mig welder. I have to act like a human BMS and baby sit the whole process with two volt meters and my amp meter. I'm a little worried I will get distracted and let them over charge so I told the wife to keep checking on me and turn the welder off if I wander away or something but, it works hella-good! That welder pushes 20 amps into my six 5s 5000mah battery packs and charges them all in 30 to 45 minutes!

Did I tell you that the gas station next to my work charges $4.35 a gallon for regular? And that's in a run down, old industrial area in Oakland, not a posh neighborhood in San Francisco! It is next to the freeway so it's usually on the high side anyway.
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