Vectux Charger Dead - Now what?

"What are the 10 selections I can make on my Elcon PFC charger?

Elcon PFC chargers can be programmed to provide 10 different Amp Hour selections (Battery Sizes), or 10 different Cell Count selections (Charge To Voltages), based on customer request at the time of purchase."

This is the button for switching between the 10 charge profiles (revealed by removing the cover):

Hi everybody,

is there still anyone, who is interested in having a new ESD- Charger ?
I got response from the ESD- People, that they have still a lot of chargers in stock.

Peter

G/day Mik Iv'e mounted my elcon charger in the battery box lid which I thought was easier than trying to squash it in up front and yes I noticed the difference in handling with the weight now shifted down lower off the head stem. When I get home I'll post some pics of the mounting. It doesn't get hot enough to need fans as it's got quite a large heat sink If I was to do this again I would move the battery charger further forward than what is shown in the pic as the loom coming out the rear interferes with the front of the rear upper battery pack. I would also mount lower down at the front. Another thing that caught me was the seat hit on the heat sink fins so I had to curve the fins to clear the seat.

I dont know, Mik ! After the GP decision to put in the Runke instead of ESD the production of some weeks became worthless overnight. I dont believe that they spent any minute for improvements after that. But i will ask.

Peter

Roman and I had thought we had fixed the sudden failure issue

The bias power supply that delivers 12v until the main 12v powersupply comes on is the most common cause of failure for the ESD charger

When Roman repaired The Laird's ESD charger, we removed the bias startup powersupply and substituted a meanwell switchmode powersupply in it's place

That as it happens did not work

I would suggest that it is not economical to modify the ESD chargers (even when working) to be more reliable - there's too much to fix

If these ESD charger's are sold cheaply enough - they would be useful to just use as is

If these ESD charger's are sold cheaply enough - they would be useful to just use as is

And if you're lucky they will last 46.000 km like mine has.
I might buy a couple of spare ESD's if the price is right though!!

Found 150V 400W power supply on Ebay with adjustable current and voltage for about 28 GBP.
Search for "150V 400W".

2,6A charge current will fill a completely empty battery in 15h.
Well an external 12V power supply is also needed to power the fans and the fuel gauge will not register the charge.
At least it is a cheap solution and probably better then not being able to use the bike at all.

Since it has adjustable current with a variable resistor, some bright mind can probably figure out a voltage controlled trigger to switch from high current to low when reaching proper bulk-charge-voltage. Even better two of these power supplies and a mini PLC or micro controller can be used to sense the voltage over a voltage divider and control four relays, one for fans, and one for each charge current. Then it would be a complete replacement for the ESD charger. Maybe there are cheap Internet enabled controllers so charge status can be seen from the phone :-)

Two of those will give pretty much the same charge current as The Laird gentle charging software.

And the power supply is probably also suitable for lifting a totally empty battery to a level where the built on one can kick in.

I just ordered one to have as "spare", since I use the bike daily and do not want to get stranded the day the ESD gives up. I have two Runky as spare but after all the negative stuff I have read about them, I am a bit skeptic to fit them on the bike.

Thoughts?