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| Public Charging | Battery watering |
| Avcon adaptor | Battery watering (2) |
| Trunk (Charger, rear battery pack and rear coolant reservoir) | SAFT STM NiCd info |
| Rear belly pan | Brusa charger |
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Brusa charger The Brusa (badged Solectria) charger is a 3.3kW unit running off 220V AC. |
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The Brusa charger installed in the trunk of the Force. |
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The charger removed, showing the four rubber feet that it sits on, the connectors for AC in, multi-way low-voltage monitoring circuit connector and the red Anderson, high-Voltage DC out, connector. |
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The Brusa charger on the workbench. |
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Another view of the charger on the bench. Connectors are (top to bottom):- 240V AC in, 12VDC to cooling fan, DC out + and -, multiway connector for low voltage signals and 9-pin D-type RS232 serial connector for PC monitoring. |
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The inside of the Brusa charger. |
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Another view of the inside of the Brusa charger. It's tightly packed in there! |
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The inside of the charger showing the temporary fuse holder with flying (green) leads that I installed while awaiting the replacement PCB-mount fuse. |
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The inside of the charger showing the flying leads attaching to the PCB-mount posts used by the original fuse. |
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Two replacement fuses. |
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The fuses are Bussmann 20LCT, semiconductor fuses. Listed as High speed British Standard BS88 fuses in the Bussmann catalog. 240V AC, 20A. |
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The cooling fan mounted to the top of the charger to blow air down onto the heatsink. |
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The fan is a PAPST MULTIFAN 4312. 12V DC, 5W. |
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