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Re: Battery Charging Station

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Please elaborate. What do you mean?



How far do you expect a single kilowatt to go? Consider the power used by a battery charger, an electric drill, a soldering iron, a laptop computer, a shop vac, etc.
Your car's engine has enough power for many kilowatts (>100 kw), but the alternator and electrical system isn't designed for powering stuff. Some cars have an inverter built in, but their usually rated for only a few amps, so the alternator, charging system, and battery don't get damaged.

Teams also use a ton of power. We have an ancient computer that draws 450 watts while running video, three monitors, two pretty high power projectors, a few hundred watts of lighting, 10 robot battery chargers, and 3 drill battery chargers. We've also run all this plus a shop vac, sawzall, mini band saw, and mini bench grinder all at the same time. We don't typically run all this at the same time, but it's happened before. That's quite a few kilowatts.

Last edited by magnets : 09-12-2013 at 19:02.