PINNED ZXD2400 Old + New 0-60V 0-50A Power Supply & Charger

[martin007]

I'm starting to think the slow boat of 25/10 may have sunk... it set sail last year!

The international transport of goods is saturated and accumulates delays.
Ships and containers are missing.
I calculate that the current waiting time is twice the usual...

[Burgerman]

Then theres the 15 day long chinese new year where they will likely all be pissed. That should improve all the shortages and shipping problems no end...

[daveonwheels]

there generally isnt a lot of drinking during the festival. mostly eating

[fishinjunky]

I'm thinking about getting one of these power supplies. It's the most Volts and amps you can get at this price for a psu. Others this size are crazy expensive.

[expresso]

Then theres the 15 day long chinese new year where they will likely all be pissed. That should improve all the shortages and shipping problems no end...

does the ship stop for 15 days in the middle of the ocean also ?

[Burgerman]

Only if it actually left port.

[Burgerman]

I'm thinking about getting one of these power supplies. It's the most Volts and amps you can get at this price for a psu. Others this size are crazy expensive.

Not only that but its properly built. Nothing like all the cheap alternatives. Designed for industrial rack telecoms use where its in use 24/7 and has to be super reliable. AND its got a 3 stage charger built in... And is fully adjustable as a charger and a power supply. 0 to 50A. 0 to 60V. As long as you dont live in the USA. It uses 240V in the rest of the world to output up to 3KW. And while heavy, its very compact for a 3kw supply.

[shirley_hkg]

Another one, left on a jet plane.

[elryko1992]

Another one, left on a jet plane.

[biscuit]

Another one, left on a jet plane.

ooh, airmail, eh?! hope it's faster than "The Slow Boat From China"!

[elryko1992]

Another one, left on a jet plane.

ooh, airmail, eh?! hope it's faster than "The Slow Boat From China"!

Shirley say 3 weeks to Romania, wait to see

[fishinjunky]

Hey Shirley,

What is the price for one of these with shipping by boat and air to the United States in usd$ ?

Thank you

[shirley_hkg]

HKD $2,200
Shipping by boat included.

Air postage adds $400.hkd

[Burgerman]

Dont be scared of HK dollars!

[fishinjunky]

Dont be scared of HK dollars!

That a good deal especially knowing it's also a 3 stage lead charger

I may never use the 70 amp potential of my icharger but I want the option. But only way to do that is to increase the voltage 45 Volts 50 amp to get 2000 watts for charging a 8s pack at 70 Amps. The Shirley psu is the best psu for maxing out the iCharger from what ive read.. Any other psu out there that offers more than 24v is SUPER expensive and maybe not as reliable.
I'm happy with my 24v 69amp psu. But I'm saving to get a Shirley psu also. I'll feel better have 2 power supplies and eventually 2 chargers

[Wavedy2]

... and eventually 2 chargers

it should be the first to have in spare.
without a power supply you'll be able to manage.
without a charger ... more difficult -but not impossible-.

and if you really want charging @70A, have big enough wires or you'll be able to cook grilled meat !

ciao !

[fishinjunky]

... and eventually 2 chargers

it should be the first to have in spare.
without a power supply you'll be able to manage.
without a charger ... more difficult -but not impossible-.

and if you really want charging @70A, have big enough wires or you'll be able to cook grilled meat !

ciao !

Good point on 2 chargers.

Yea if I ever use the 70amp potential I'll make a 8awg silicone charge cable. For now I have a 10awg charge cable but it's for 45amps max, anything beyond that I'll use the 8awg cable.

[daveonwheels]

$2200 HKD = $282 USD
$400 HKD = $51.36 USD

[daveonwheels]

Also bear in mind usa voltage cuts power of charger to 1500w and 25a output. it is designed for 240v service originally

[Gnomatic]

Also bear in mind usa voltage cuts power of charger to 1500w and 25a output. it is designed for 240v service originally

I have a few of these here in the US, and when I run them off a regular (for here) 120V household outlet, I usually get 30-31A out of them. So just a bit more than theoretical 25A limitation.

On the 240V outlet in my garage, I get the full 50A out of them.

[shirley_hkg]

Shirley say 3 weeks to Romania, wait to see

[steves1977uk]

... and eventually 2 chargers

it should be the first to have in spare.
without a power supply you'll be able to manage.
without a charger ... more difficult -but not impossible-.

and if you really want charging @70A, have big enough wires or you'll be able to cook grilled meat !

ciao !

Good point on 2 chargers.

Yea if I ever use the 70amp potential I'll make a 8awg silicone charge cable. For now I have a 10awg charge cable but it's for 45amps max, anything beyond that I'll use the 8awg cable.

Ignore that BS Wavedy2 posted FJ, you only need 10mm2 (about 7AWG) for main charging wires although that's overkill too! You could probably use 8mm2 cable and still be fine. There's a rule here in the UK that every 1mm2 = 10Amps. So 8mm2 = 80A. BM will correct me if I'm wrong.

Steve

[Burgerman]

And if silicone you can almost double that.

[swalker]

The wire size you need to use depends on the amps and the length of the cable. There are many sources on the web that show how to calculate this and many tables as well. It is worth knowing about this and doing the calculation/lookup yourself.

If you conclude 10mm2 is the right answer, they you will find it hard to get in the US. As Steves1977uk stated, 10mm2 is about equal to 7AWG. 7AWG is not readily available in the US, so your options are to go larger (smaller AWG) or smaller (larger AWG). When faced with this choice, I decided to go bigger, so used 6AWG where my calculations showed I needed 10mm2.

For those applications, I used this tinned copper marine grade cable with PVC insulation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MZ ... UTF8&psc=1 I was unable to find any tinned copper 6 AWG with silicone insulation.

Steve

[shirley_hkg]

I made my first charge cable an overkill, but won't do it again.

Thick wire means messy solder joints, heavy weight , stiffness , hard to bend, difficult to handle, AND put the weak connectors of hobby charger prone to damage.

[steves1977uk]

The slow boat still hasn't progressed any further...

Steve

[Burgerman]

Chinese new year...

[shirley_hkg]

Don't forget congestion at every ports, east & west.

[LROBBINS]

I have some 200 AHr cells on the way here by train. The train arrived in the Italian port of entry on January 10, but trains were backed up and the containers were not off loaded and opened until January 19. They have still not cleared Italian customs. Once they do, and I have no idea how long that will take - sometimes it's even been a month - they will be handed over to UPS and then the package will take just a day or two to get to me.

[Burgerman]

There are 3 to 4 months worths of containers and ships qued up outside major ports all across the planet and hundreds of thousands of containers waiting to be processed in major ports too. And just as many empty ones out of position blocking everything up too. All because of shutdowns across the planet for 2 years.

Thats why I was waiting to get a graphics card at a sane price for 18 months. That and theres a shortage of microchip manufacturing also because of shutdowns across the planet.