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From: ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Power Supply
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Date: 1 Jul 90 06:47:38 GMT
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Rod Meyer writes:

>Can anybody out there help me locate a transformer (or power supply)
>that is capable of supply ~15Volts and a LOT of current? (around
>20 - 30 amps).  By the way, it also needs to be reasonably priced,
>less than $100.00  What I am attempting to do is build a rapid charger
>for NiCd batteries that is capable of doing 4 or 5 at a time.  I would
>like the charger to be compact and don't want to put in several transformers.

Start out with a car battery charger; theey're cheap, and you get a box, line
cord, and meter for one low price.


Isaac
isw@cup.portal.com