OK, I took step one of my ebike build and bought myself a Silverfish 36V 17Ah battery. It didn't come with a charger and suitable ones don't seem to be quite as ubiquitous as I'd anticipated.
I'm conscious of the bad publicity around poor quality mobile phone chargers and (particularly in view of the capital invested in the battery) want to get a safe, reliable charger. There's a guy on ebay selling SANS branded chargers, rated at 2A (item # 321443784532). Anyone know if these are ok?
The battery vendor states: "it can be charged with any standard 36v lithium battery charger up to 4 amps, charge voltage 42v". I'd ideally like a 4A unit to optimise charge time, but realistically most charge cycles will probably be overnight and so I guess a lower output current shouldn't be a big issue. Battery has an XLR socket.
All advice and recommendations of brands, models and suppliers gratefully received
I'm conscious of the bad publicity around poor quality mobile phone chargers and (particularly in view of the capital invested in the battery) want to get a safe, reliable charger. There's a guy on ebay selling SANS branded chargers, rated at 2A (item # 321443784532). Anyone know if these are ok?
The battery vendor states: "it can be charged with any standard 36v lithium battery charger up to 4 amps, charge voltage 42v". I'd ideally like a 4A unit to optimise charge time, but realistically most charge cycles will probably be overnight and so I guess a lower output current shouldn't be a big issue. Battery has an XLR socket.
All advice and recommendations of brands, models and suppliers gratefully received
