Charger for a Curry

[lectureral]

Just on the off chance that someone may have an old one in a loft or garage, does anyone have a charger for a Curry kit? Mine has gone on the blink. It is for 24V SLA batteries and has a round 3 pin connector. The charger calls itself a Class 2 battery charger - model AC0224A. I will happily pay.

Thanks

 

[flecc]

No answers yet, and there don't appear to be any on ebay, so a couple of suggestions:

Electrodrive might have them reasonably priced new.

With the extremely favourable exchange rate at the moment (£ = $2.07 at mid-day), supplies from the USA are very competitive. The US specialist supplier Powerstream have a very low cost transformer based SLA 24 volt charger that translates to a bit over £6 ($12), the snag being that the cheapest postage will bring the total to about £23 ($43).

They have a better one as well with cheaper postage so it's not too much dearer in total.
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[PaulC]

The Currie 24V SLA charger is the same as the IZip 24V SLA charger so you could try www.electricbicycles.co.uk for a new one.
Alternatively, try EVdeals.com, Electric Scooters, Bikes, Parts! in the USA who seem to be a major supplier of replacement parts for Currie prodrives.
I analysed the charging characteristics of this charger and it is a cheap (it is basically an LM317 constant voltage=29.3volts, current limited circuit) charger that will shorten the life of any SLA batteries it is used on if not disconnected in time; if disconnected too early it will fail to fully charge the battery.
Paul

 

[lectureral]

Thanks Flecc - Tony at electrodrive was able to supply me.