Don,
Currently I have one quiq charger that I keep in my top pannier. There aren't many level 2 chargers in my area - so the charge tank is mainly when I want to take longer trips to areas that do have the level 2. From my limited research, the diginows are harder to come by than the charge tanks - and there's the installation portion that could go haywire (from my understanding). Plus, voiding warranty makes me nervous currently, at least while my bike is still covered.
What's your take?
You can do what I d0. Sounds perfect for your situation. As long as you're capable of doing a little electrical work on your bike. Charging it below 1C should cause no issues. IOW, charge less than the KWH capacity of your bike. You have a 2017 DSR. If you have the 13 KWH battery, charging it at up to 10 KW should not void the warranty or do any damage. But we won't even go that high.
You will need side bags, a hydraulic crimping tool & a couple of small Anderson connectors, with the contacts. You will have to run wires to the motor controller to a couple of small Anderson connectors to anywhere down low on the bike. The perfect location is to the front of the left passenger foot peg.
You can buy the chargers at Elcon. They will program them for you. They will stop at 114 VDC (~95% SOC). Very simple and work very well. Leave them at home until you need them. Elcon can ship them to you if you live far away from Sacramento.
They only cost around $700.00 each. At 240 VAC they do 3.3 KW each. If used with 120 VAC, they do half that (unlike the DelaQs). They are less complicated than your DeltaQ's or Diginows. The only down side is they only charge to 95%, which I do NOT find to be a big disadvantage. Your OBC takes over from there, if you really need that last 5%
If you think you can do the work, I can explain better all the info. you need.
You can start to wire the bike before you even have the chargers. And just plug them in when they arrive.
BTW, I use a 25 amp fuse on each battery line to the motor controller. This is more to protect the bike than anything else. I use common 12 volt blade auto fuses with that 117 volts. That is all that is needed. Because if the fuse opens, the charger turns off instantly and you have zero volts. I deliberately blew a couple of ten amp fuses while charging to prove that was all that was needed. The Elcon chargers put out nothing until they see the voltage coming the other way. And stop instantly when it's missing. That makes the voltage rating of the fuses irrelevant as they cannot arc across.
With the two 3.3 KW chargers plus the OBC, you're at around 7.9 KW. That's more than many J1772 stations can handle. But there are several ways to deal with that, which I can explain later.
If you have any interest in doing this work, I can explain better. Any questions?
-Don- Auburn, CA
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