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Ev Archive for February 1998
1301 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:41:42 2001

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New Zivan 'Smoother' Battery Management System



Hi,

 Greg McCrea, Electric Conversions, Sacramento  CA, 916-441-4641,
<greg_mccrea@macnexus.org> returns from Italy next week  with, I hope, two
Zivan 'Smoother' battery regulators in his luggage, one for Don McGrath and
one for Bob Wing to beta test.

The advantage of the Zivan over the Badicheq (this is the corrrect spelling
from the Mentzer brochure, BAttery Diagnostic and CHarge EQualizing system
BADICHEQ) is not only in price, expected to about 1/5 the cost but the that
the AGM batteries are equalized both oncharge and discharge.

The device is just now in production for nominal voltage of 12V and up to 55 Ahr
capacity Pb-acid batteries. It will manage up to 32 individual batteries or
buddy pairs  with separate 5 A DC-DC converters.  Price is more for each
additional converter ordered.

If anyone on the EV List wants a spec sheet, double sided single page, send
SASE to Bob Wing, POB 277, Inverness  CA  94937-0277 and I will mail a copy
to you.

Cheers,  Bob Wing

*   Bob Wing, West Coast Editor EV News, EV Consultant
*   Phone     415/669-7402
*   Fax                       -7407
*   bobwing@nbn.com
*   200 Camino del Mar, POB 277,  Inverness   CA  94937-0277
*   Driving my EV '59 MGA Roadster since 1972, now with Prestolite 4001
*   motor, ZAPI H2 400A controller with regen, 20 - 12 VDC Optima deep-
*   cycle batteries, two strings at 120 VDC, E-Meter, Zivan 'smoother'
*   battery equalizer, both Russco 120 Vac and Zivan 240 Vac chargers on
*   same 30A 240V circuit.  For EV News info:http://www.ariz.com/gleaa/



New Zivan 'Smoother' Battery Management System