HotrodHopkins

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somethin like this???

XrayFK

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Uh, what is going on there? lol I think you have a few too many connections

HotrodHopkins

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maybe, just and idea, i know it looks confusing, basically just posts at each end of the cell, and wires connecting to each one.

Nickmind

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YOU SHOULD BUY TEAMWAVE STOCK. You are talking about that dam tray every thread i see.

aN4rK1

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sorry to bring this back up again, but i was just wondering, If i were to want a discharge cutoff of say .7 volts on my tray, what diodes would I buy?

XingXing

on everypost? hardly. if someone ask what is the best equillizer then i will say teamwave. simple but otherwise i dont bring it up.

in anycase, if you have ever tried it them you too would recommend it. i am sure of it. i didnt buy one myself untill i saw it in action and my friend let me use his. he got angry coz i wouldnt use my smart tray anymore and kept on using his teamwave. i ordered one and got 1 week later. never looked back.

when i set it to the lowest setting, i can take out about 700mah more juice than a conventional equilizer, coz of its ability to lower the discharge amps (all the way down to 0.1amps) as it reaches its cut off point.

XrayFK

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Almost all silicon diodes have a forward voltage drop of 0.7v.

aN4rK1

iTrader: (6)

so any silicon diode will do? Do you think you can recomend me specific ones? And I would mount them as you mentioned earlier? The positive end of the diode to the negative of the cell? Btw, that would make my tray into a polarized tray correct?

XrayFK

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Yes, it will be polarized. Get one that is at least 3A.

ralph_c

Would it be easy to raise the discharge rate to, say, 5 or 6A? Is it simply a case of increasing the load? or would I need a diode rated to a higher current?

Thanks

PlainOleDave

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Think aboput wutchu already know, If U pull 5 to 6 amps thru a 3 amp diode....
I would like to know if U kin use zenier diodes ( say rated at .9v)?

XrayFK

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Current = Volt/Resistance so the lower the resistance the higher the current. Then you also need a higher wattage resistor because it needs to be able to handle the increased power.

ralph_c

So if I used a 5W 0.33ohm resistor what sort of discharge rate could I expect? could anyone suggest a diode that would work? I looked but wasn't sure what factors about the diode i needed (P600J ok?).

Ralph

XrayFK

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Discharge current would be around 3.5A and the cells would equalize around 2.1A. A diode that can handle the current would work.