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Traction battery charger?

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by chogan, Jun 5, 2007.

  1. chogan

    chogan New Member

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    I have the Coastaltech EV mod. If I had a charger that would top up the existing NiMH traction battery, I could have a (maybe) 2 mile, slow-speed PHEV. Put aside the wisdom of doing that, because I could readily believe it wouldn't be a very smart thing to do. But is there any relatively inexpensive off-the-shelf device that could charge the gen 2 NiMH battery without frying it? I undertand Toyota dealers have a special charger for the traction battery, but I'm asking if there's anything out there that would do this for 100s not 1000s of $?
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chogan @ Jun 5 2007, 12:49 PM) [snapback]455935[/snapback]</div>
    Probably not off the shelf. The problem is providing the right voltage, and keeping the current in a range that would be safe for the batteries. Possibly one could be obtained in the hundreds, but probably not the low hundreds.

    Dave M.
     
    #2 dmckinstry, Jun 5, 2007
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