Troubles again ... my upgraded Leopard's charger, an Elcon PFC 1500, decided
to quit on me. The LED doesn't blink, the relay closes (from my Lithiumate
Lite BMS), but I get no current. It died, as far as I can tell, when
charging off of a standard 120vac just 10% from reaching a full charge on my
120vdc pack.
I'm depressed to think that I have to pack it up and ship it back to
California after getting only about 5 full cycles out of it after they
reprogrammed it for the 38xCALB 130ah lithium pack. (They reprogrammed it
to curve 520, to 137 volts).
1.- What's the typical reason for such a failure? (I'm not ruling out my
doing something stupid / or at least not good for it - though it seems like
I would not have gotten the 5 cycles out of it if I had).
2.- Does anybody have experience with this kind problem with their Elcon?
If yes, are there some things I can do to diagnose (or better yet fix), the
problem?
3.- If it is the AC fuse (as support at Elcon has suggested), is this
something I could try on my own instead of being down for a couple weeks and
paying for shipping? (I realize this is more a question for Elcon and would
perhaps void any warranty [see q#4 below], but wondered if anyone had tried
it).
4.- Should they cover this under a warranty?
Thanks - Dan
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Dan Gallagher
http://www.evalbum.com/3854
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to quit on me. The LED doesn't blink, the relay closes (from my Lithiumate
Lite BMS), but I get no current. It died, as far as I can tell, when
charging off of a standard 120vac just 10% from reaching a full charge on my
120vdc pack.
I'm depressed to think that I have to pack it up and ship it back to
California after getting only about 5 full cycles out of it after they
reprogrammed it for the 38xCALB 130ah lithium pack. (They reprogrammed it
to curve 520, to 137 volts).
1.- What's the typical reason for such a failure? (I'm not ruling out my
doing something stupid / or at least not good for it - though it seems like
I would not have gotten the 5 cycles out of it if I had).
2.- Does anybody have experience with this kind problem with their Elcon?
If yes, are there some things I can do to diagnose (or better yet fix), the
problem?
3.- If it is the AC fuse (as support at Elcon has suggested), is this
something I could try on my own instead of being down for a couple weeks and
paying for shipping? (I realize this is more a question for Elcon and would
perhaps void any warranty [see q#4 below], but wondered if anyone had tried
it).
4.- Should they cover this under a warranty?
Thanks - Dan
-----
Dan Gallagher
http://www.evalbum.com/3854
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