biwecity Li-Ion charger on E-Bay

Jun 07, 2018 0 Replies

biwecity currently has multiple listings for a 36V Li-Ion battery charger. One example is item 322458751129. All have the same listing illustration and description as a 42V 2A charger for



110-240VAC input:

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An observant purchaser could probably note irregularities in the product's labeling, but this is not unusual in off-shore sourced product.



Unfortunately, the items shipped may not even resemble the image being evaluated:



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The shipped device is actually a ~27W charger built around a typical applications circuit using the Kintago KTG7838 off- line controller IC:



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Actual load profile is characteristic of the application circuit:



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As constructed, it cannot even be guaranteed to start up below about 140V, due to the device's start-up current spec and the selection of trickle-feed resistor value.



The unit tested here actually failed during the record (the zeros in the table and graph), with the chip assuming a low fixed impedance on it's supply pin.



If what you need is an ~80W device, don't bother with this one.



I'm sure that the seller, biwecity offers some excellent deals on other components, but they are unable to deliver on this one.



RL


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