Todd Battery Chargers [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch]

Hey gang, R. Sparks Scott has (what should be) the familiar email address of <sharkey at mrsharkey.com>

Peace.

Jeff Clearwater wrote at 11:34 AM 02/14/2003:
  
>Hi Scott and all,
>
>In the electric vehicle conversion industry we use Todd chargers all the time as DC>DC converters from 144VDC>12VDC (the input on the older Todds could take DC or AC input).  Because they were vibration and insect sensitive we blew alot of them up.  Below is a reference from that list from a few years back.  Email him -  I imagine he's still in bussiness:
>
>At 4:14 PM -0700 9/22/01, Sharkey wrote:
>>        Hi Jeff;
>>
>>        I do Todd charger repair if you're still interested. I do some
>>modifications to older units to improve reliability, and can also provide a
>>modification that will allow you to reduce the current output for initial
>>battery charging. Some users who charge from small generators find this
>>useful, as their gensets balk at full current until the battery is
>>partially charged. This is usually more of a concern on RE power systems
>>        As far as price goes, repairs can be as low as $45-60 if it is a simple
>>repair. More complex rebuilds will range from $75-90, and really
>>complicated diagnosis and repair of the master module and rebuilding of
>>slave modules can push this as high as $130-150 excluding parts. The parts
>>themselves are relatively inexpensive. I'm finding that many units have
>>fairly simple repairs, but if you've heard explosions or seen smoke, it's
>>not a good sign.
>>        In any case, I would do some investigative testing to let you know
>>beforehand what class of repair we would be looking at before putting any
>>real labor into a charger.
>>        Ship-to address:
>>
>>        R. Sparks Scott
>>        C/O McKenzie River Broadcasting
>>        925 Country Club Road Suite 200
>>        Eugene, Oregon, 97401
>>
>>Does anyone know of a repair service for Todd battery chargers? 
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Scott
>>
>>Backwoods Solar Electric Systems www.backwoodssolar.com
>>info at backwoodsssolar.com

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