Gravel-Hound

Ok after killing my dads old car battery and then my mums, my parents have decided to fund me in geting a wall charger

I use Nimh Possibly Lipo in the future
I want to have discharge

Does anyone have any ideas? thanks

Gravel-Hound

So far i have found this
http://www.roverthobbies.com.au/sjacdc.html
and this guy is like close to my house

Gravel-Hound

Oh i just realised I need 240V AC input cause of australia d'oh!
maybe you guys cant help me.

sheograth

Do you just need a 12 volt powersupply to power your charger? Or are you looking for a brand new charger all together that plugs into the mains?

If its the former, you can go to any electronics supply store and buy a bench top power supply, just make sure it can handle whatever current you want it to. A good one with all the safties shouldnt cost more than $200 US unless you go crazy and get a totally lab quality one.

Alternatively, you can use a computer power supply, just jump the sense line to ground in the ATX 20/24 pin connector and it comes on without the software function. Then you can just tap any of the 12 volt rails. Computer power supplies use very high frequency switching choppers so you can pull a fair amount of current out of them without the voltage fluctuating at all.

JFACKY

it says......pIug directly into any 100-240 v ac outlet. . sinxe he is close to you I would think that he would sell items that are compatable to your countries utilities.

Gravel-Hound

Yeah thanks guys
I bought it and its great, but what I was saying is thati need one that plugs into the wall in australia