Fried Zapino Stock Battery Charger

I had to check the Zapino web site for a critical piece of data. The pack voltage is: 60v.

This presents a little problem. It's hard to find 60v chargers. 48v no problem. 60? It seems that 60v is a rare pack voltage except for the fact we have several instances of scooters commonly used here that are 60v.

My Lectra motorcycle also has a 60v pack and I had a bit of a journey last winter finding a charger.

http://visforvoltage.org/blog/reikiman/2726

I eventually bought this. It is unfortunately a 1.8 amp charger meaning it's a slow charge. But.. it's small, light, etc, and 60v.

http://monsterscooterparts.com/60vo18ampbac.html

However I've since switched to a pseudo-bank-charging setup. Laying around my garage was a pile of chargers and I had 2x24v5A and 1x12v5A chargers. Today I carry these three chargers on the bike, they're ziptied together to make it simpler to connect, and they go in the trunk. I have less worry about pack balance, the bike charges more quickly, and there's that extra geek factor to have multitudes of power cords ziptied together.

BTW I would think your charger is under warranty...????

- David Herron, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, http://www.7gen.com/store
- EVT 4000, Charger bike (rebuilt), Vego 600sx (rebuilt), Electrified Electra Townie
- Lectra motorcycle

Thanks for the link to the 1.8 amp charger. The stock charger that came with the scooter is 5 amps and when the batteries are fully drained it takes 8 hours to fully charge @ 5 amps. I think that the Zap charger should be under warranty but I was thinking of buying an extra one in case one goes up in smoke!

It seems like bank charging is the best method for charging, but I decided to go with a BattEQ and string charging instead of bank charging.

Steve Tanner

I received the replacement battery charger from Zap! and it is a little different from the charger that came with my 2008 Zapino. The new one is 4.6 amp and the old one was 5.0 amp.

Steve Tanner