:Any one have a suitable for a couple of large car battery from my toys :(old jags) ? : : I have a suitable centre tap transformer with around 14 16 and 18v ac : :available at 8 amps or so
There are a number of battery charger designs suitable for a vehicle battery, but you don't need anything fancy. I reckon an SCR controlled unit is an ideal choice and here is one example which seems to be workable.
MM ,seems o , I might have to spend $10.00 to get it working though :)
:Ross Herbert wrote: :> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:35:36 +1000, atec77 wrote: :> :> :Any one have a suitable for a couple of large car battery from my toys :> :(old jags) ? :> : :> : I have a suitable centre tap transformer with around 14 16 and 18v ac :> : :> :available at 8 amps or so :> :> :> There are a number of battery charger designs suitable for a vehicle battery, :> but you don't need anything fancy. I reckon an SCR controlled unit is an ideal :> choice and here is one example which seems to be workable. :>
Oh well, you can't have what you want without some cost, can you? :)
You can actually. Save your transformer and get a busted salt-water chlorinator unit from a pool shop (check the pile out the back:-). It'll have a transformer capable of 15-20 amps, and probably a bridge rectifier for you. Pool shops ditch these all the time after the control circuits blow.
battery,
Considering the size of the junk box one can hope
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