jjmouris wrote:I'm pritty good with understanding electronics but i am not capable of making a controll board from scratch that would run the above componants without some help. If you say you have done this, is there any information available for me to digest?
I have nothing written down I suggest do some googling for hacking meanwell power supplies as there is a hug thread on the endless sphere forum which discuses lots of techniques. Basically you bridge or parallel the voltage control pot in one of the supplies and use this variable voltage to control the overall current. You may also be able to increase the V adjustment range for the pot by changing it's value entirely. You can also do the same on the variable current pot on some supplies.
As far as the slow start up is concerned a pic with six outputs controlling six transistors which in turn control six solid state relays, turning them on in sequence at one second intervals would spare your mains supply the huge switch on load.
I have seen some connection data on those supplies posted somewhere so you will need to find that or get a manual/datasheet at the very least.
Stacking these big power supplies is the only realistic way of getting a cheap high power
isolated charger unless you want to try just putting a full wave bridge rectifier and huge smoothing capacitors on the mains for a very dirty and dangerous non isolated charger that will do 300v or so.
Again you could control/shut this off with a triac control module. Bit like a giant dimmer switch knob!! The power of this would be limited only by your mains supply and the rectifier/triac/caps capability. A lot depends on how well you pack is isolated from the vehicle chasis when charging.