Hello all,
I am struggling through my first electric bike project and thought you could help.
I have numerous a 32cell, 38.4v NIMH packs that I need to charge. They are 1.7 Ah each and I have 15 of them for my bike. I am having difficulty finding an appropriate NIMH charger for this. I don't want to break the pack down into 9.6v packs and charge 60 of them... It would take a week! Anybody have an idea for this?
I haven't built all of them yet as I want to be sure I can charge them first, but I have all the cells for it. I can make 36v packs (or other voltages) if anybody has a cost effective idea to charge them all.
Thanks,
Joe
Have you looked at BatterySpace.com ?
They have a number of chargers for NiMH battery packs
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=1021
I have to admit that I do not know enough about them to recomend which one yould be best for you but if you email them at tech [at] batteryspace.com and give them the specs of your packs I'm sure they could point you in the right direction.
I hear that they even make custom Battery Pack Chargers they may be able to make one to fit your needs.