Battery Vehicle Society

I tested the van and it did 10 miles the first charge (took 5.6kw from mains). 15 miles the second charge (took 8.6kw from mains). 22 miles the third charge (took 10 kw from mains). The batteries seem to be charging fine 23 safts topped off at 194v trojans at 30.5v Due to lack of space i have put it...

I removed the 4 faulty batterys on the berlingo and reinstalled all the other batterys (all about 6.69v per battery). The van still would run 5 miles but then the low batt light came on due to the lower voltage also you wouldnt be able to charge it without these batteries. The charger would be tryin...

I had to strip the controller down to repair a track on the board where the IGBET connects . The copper linkage bar was loose and had been getting very hot due to the rainbow colours all over the linkage due to the heat. Its all back together now and working fine. I also removed the battery packs an...

Hi These are the dates of the crates i thought they were replaced as a unit with the date on the crate. i will check the date on the batteries later. I have the 4 faulty cells on a 1 amp charge at the moment the voltage has climbed from 24.3v to 28.1v but i think they are past it anyway. I am going ...

HI Does anyone know what the voltage of the 6v saft batts for the berlingo should be sat at off charge for about a week now. The terminal voltages on 24 of the 27 cells are at 6.55 to 6.68 volts and one is at 3.97 and other 3 at 5.20 volts. Also does anyone know the final terminal voltage of these b...

Removed and stripped berlingo control unit to have a look inside. The charge battery light was coming on after about 4 miles yet theres 163v at the unit off load after a few days of being stood. I could smell toasty circuit board when i opened it up. I removed the main contactors and control pcb and...

I think the fast charge is 150A supply you would need at least 35mm cable and 30kw supply house YEB fuse is 100A if new type even that would blow after 5 min.
You would need 3 phase 50A supply and wheelbarrow to carry transformer ectr.

HI If anybody is interested there is a couple of berlingo electriques on ebay on of them has faulty cells and the other is in very good condition. I bought one of ebay a few weeks ago and another guy arrived also he let me buy the berlingo in the end. His mate bought another berlingo with fault ligh...