Please email me a website if you know of one that might help me figure out this question. I need to know how many kilowatts it takes to chatge various size forklift batteries. Like a 18 volt, 36 volt, 48 volt etc. Thanks immensely for any help. - Larry D
2006-06-13 11:42:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Depends on the charger. It will probably pull a constant charge on a timer. The ones I've seen have something like a 5 hour timer. If you presume 30 amps to run the charger for 5 hours it would be something like 1.5kwh to charge the battery. Just a ballpark guess though. Specs on your charger might give you more accurate info.
2006-06-13 12:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by jeff s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ratings of the killowatt for your chargers should be on the name plate and all you have to do is multiply the number with the amount of hour to get KWH. However, most of the new chargers has timer on them, thus even you plug the forklift 8 hrs the charger could be active for a portion of the time. Hence your KWH would depend on the actual charging time
2006-06-13 21:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by anom n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a very clear question.
You have to know the storage capacity of the battery in amp/hour unit and you have to know the charging capacity of the charger.
2006-06-14 00:48:34 · answer #3 · answered by asimovll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋