CANcharge Charger Control Demonstration

CANcharge is a small microprocessor dongle that EV Power has developed that can be configured to provide the ideal user defined charge curve for almost any battery.

It works with almost any CANbus (J1939) enabled charger.

CANcharge – Controller for CANbus (J1939 ) Enabled Battery Chargers

New Product – EV Power Smart Precharger

Going back to our roots as a specialist electronics manufacturer we pleased to introduce the new Smart Precharger.

DC Motor controllers and Inverters typically have large internal capacitors on their input. They require inrush protection when first powering up to prevent a large current spike which can damage contactors , switches or blow fuses.

The EV Power Smart Precharger offers a soft start for DC controllers and inverters, limiting the inrush current via a resistive circuit to charge up the internal capacitors before automatically closing the main contactor. It can also detect faults and safely discontinue precharge if it fails to start correctly. Common faults are usually due to an external wiring fault, no battery voltage or the precharge fails to complete within a few seconds due to unexpected DC loads.

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Husqvarna Mower Electric Conversion

This is a client project.
He used EV PowerPAk batteries.

 

EV Power Project – NCM Battery Pack 700VDC 150AH (100kWhr usable)

We design and manufacture batteries. This is one of our projects.
In collaboration with Electric Drive Engineering Rod and the team designed and
fabricated this prototype liquid cooled battery for a commercial client.

Electric Vs Hydrogen Fuel Cell – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

We often see in the press that hydrogen will overtake batteries for transport.
This picture sums it up quite nicely…

Electric Marine Drive Project

Finally! After years of on/off development we got our electric boat in the water. Electric Marine Drive in a runabout boat. To be continued…

A Word About Bottom Balancing

We sometimes have customers asking about a BMS or charger that can do “bottom balancing”.
This is my standard response:

Hi,
There is no such thing as bottom balancing, at least if you want your cells to survive.

That is a terrible piece of disinformation put forward years back by Jack Rickard and promulgated by social media commentators as
some kind of conspiracy by BMS manufacturers (with possible shady links to the USA government) to defraud the people.
Jack had several battery fires in his time, caused by his own ignorance.
We sell chargers for 1S,4S, 8S and 12S LFP cell packs but you need a BMS to balance the cells.
This usually happens near the top of charge although some systems can balance throughout the cell cycle.
Thanks, Rod

Recent Caravan Conversions to Lithium