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[Specter]

id be careful about putting the chargers in series for 96 volts. they may not like that and you could possibly severely stress some of the components in them.  if you are going to do any sort of playing of that nature, please do it outside so that if something does go south, it's not taking the garage / house with it

aaron

[MVetter]

I mean, it can't hurt to exercise caution but I've never had a problem putting chargers in series. Before Zero switched to the Calex OBC the default was 4 MeanWells in series strapped together to reach the desired voltage range. You can still find them on early 2013-2014 models.

[T.S. Zarathustra]

I have had issues using chargers in series. They were both grounded. Input and output. When installed they shared common ground. So when they were connected in series, one was shorted to ground through the other charger.

[Specter]

ive seen something as simple as a soldering iron do the same thing, wasn't on an isolated circuit, plugged into the same 120 vac as the equipment being soldered, the moment he touched the tip to the circuit card, aww gosh darn, there goes the magic smoke, all up into the vents,  hmm i hope someone doesn't smell it and  .ding ding ding fire fire fire !!!!  god dammit !!!

another fun one is when the plug gets swapped, you'd not think it's a big deal on American 115 vac shit, .. ahh but wait until you touch the item that is swapped, or brush another piece of stereo equipment in the rack and it, with something conductive.... yah baby...

cheap shit is not always isolated properly, and you are setting yourself up for nasty surprises.

learned long ago when doing that kind of playing, isolate each piece of equipment and take voltage tests across each chasis.   yes grasshopper, experience is directly proportional to expensive equipment ruined 

Aaron