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ground fault leakage
I spent several hours trying to figure out
why my TEVan charger kept tripping, I thought
it was due to ground fault leakage.
The TEVan has 6 battery tubs, 4 with 6 batteries
and 2 with 3 batteries.
All are interconnected with Radsox connectors for
quick disconnect.
Using my multimeter and a 10k ohm resistor I measured
the following voltages (AKA leakage)
This was measuring between Chassis and battery positive
and negative after disconnecting the Radsox
connectors between battery tubs
positive negative
overall 110vdc -68
Tub1 25Vdc -46
tub2 71 -55
tub3 86 -50
tub4 80 -27
tub5 73 -5
So it appears from the measurements that there was
big time leakage in tub2.
That is the leakage from battery positive to increased
from 25vdc to 71vdc. So I dropped the tub
and cleaned it quite well.
After reconnecting the leakage on the positive pack
side was higher!
overall 134vdc -55
What am I missing here?
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