Re: Home Brew Chargers anyone?

"MJKolodziej" <mjmwcsREMOVEKILLERCHAOS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote

> If someone could make my Dewalt charger a peak charger that drops off to

> trickle and runs from my truck that would be neat.

My Dewalt charger is a peak charger, and I think it is a trickle charger, 
also.  Yours probably is, if it is the kind that has a blinking red light 
when the charge is complete.

Don't be tempted to try and run it from a power inverter plugged into your

truck.  The inverter's instructions probably say to not use a battery 
charger that is a (some technical jargon inserted here that I can't 
remember) a high voltage, or something like that.  The Dewalt chargers are

indeed the type you are not supposed to use, and you may very well be 
rewarded by burning out your charger.  Ask me how I know that!

The difference is mainly the fact that affordable chargers are square sine

waves (they call them modified sine waves) and the type of voltage
regulator 
in the inverter. They do NOT play nice together.

Also, things like air conditioners do not do well with cheap inverters. 
They will draw more than double their rated amperage, and that also may be

fatal (if the inverter can keep supplying power without overheating and 
shutting down) if the inverter keeps running long enough.
-- 
Jim in NC