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General Category => General Discussions => Topic started by: windhfred on August 30, 2008, 05:41:12 AM
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Hi there
I am new at this message board. A couple a weeks ago I ordered the 36V kit with regenerative braking controller together with the 36 V LiFePO4 battery pack. Does anyone know if the included cell balancing charger will work with a 230 V supply voltage ?? Here in Sweden we don´t have 110 V supply in the net. In the package a travel adaptor was included, it´s a label printed 230 V on it. But, on the charger the label state: Supply Voltage: 110V.
I really don´t want to buy an adaptor 230 to 110 V.
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If it is a Golden Motors unit you should email Phil to find out.
I ordered the same battery / charger and mine arrived as a 220V unit Model BC-3602AL CE approved (with the correct Aussie plug)
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The charger is from G.M. The model number is BC-3602BL and not --AL as yours. But earlier mentioned, a travel adaptor was included for 230 V. hmm...
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Here are some pictures to make it even clearer...
I already sent a mail to sales@goldenmotor.com but after a week still no respond.
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you should have asked for a 220V version when you ordered. that charger is 110V.
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So then does the charger plug into the adapter and the adapter into the wall? Sounds like it was meant to be that way as that's what travel adapters do.
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Correct, I also understood this should just be plugged in to the adaptor and then into the wall socket. But I didn´t do that.
Instead I went to a shop and bought a 230 to 110 V adaptor, works fine with this.
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Lucky you did because you would have blown the clack out of the charger. A travel adaptor does not change the voltage - one the plug. When travelling you still need appliances with the correct voltage, in this case a step up transformer.
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Correct, I also understood this should just be plugged in to the adaptor and then into the wall socket. But I didn´t do that.
Instead I went to a shop and bought a 230 to 110 V adaptor, works fine with this.
Kind of figured the adapter must have a transformer in it the else they would not have sent the 110v model charger. Good you had the sense to check it out closer. I may have known better if I had hefted the adapter once but then again only saw the pic. Thanks for not blowing up your new charger on my account.