bullheimer
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So, there goes a new chevy volt cruising down the road with vinyl all over the side for Pacific Power Batteries. I needed to go in there the other day and have them check my battery, and asked them, (curiously, since i used to work for SPX, WHICH was a complete waste of time,) if they had installed a 240V quick charger for it. spx, in case you don't know, has the deal with gm to sell quick chargers furnished by DOE and others, made by Coulomb, and themselves, i believe). In any event, you also see these quick chargers springing up all over the place, and i noticed online, that one of my competitors has installed at least ten in the last year as well.
So back to the story. This person at PPB, who seemed to know it all when it came to car batteries, Answered "No. That would adversely affect the life of the battery, causing it to fail sooner.", and basically going on to say that quick chargers should never used, just the slow go 120V that takes all night.
anybody know anything i don't know? why would gm offer quick chargers, and i believe nissan will furnish one free with their cars as well, if it hurts the battery? other than the obvious, that they both sell new batteries? and if a 240V level two charger is bad, what does that say for the ultra quick 480V level 3 chargers?
Once again, just when i thought i knew how to play the game, somebody comes along and changes all the rules.
So back to the story. This person at PPB, who seemed to know it all when it came to car batteries, Answered "No. That would adversely affect the life of the battery, causing it to fail sooner.", and basically going on to say that quick chargers should never used, just the slow go 120V that takes all night.
anybody know anything i don't know? why would gm offer quick chargers, and i believe nissan will furnish one free with their cars as well, if it hurts the battery? other than the obvious, that they both sell new batteries? and if a 240V level two charger is bad, what does that say for the ultra quick 480V level 3 chargers?
Once again, just when i thought i knew how to play the game, somebody comes along and changes all the rules.
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