battery charger with a Higo 6-pin connector?

[fnord]

Looking for a 2nd charger for my Vintage Electric Cafe. The oem charger says 54.6V / 6A. I don't mind if the amp rating is lower, as this would be for overnight charging.

I've searched around and I cannot find chargers that use the connector VEB uses. It's made by Higo, has 6 pins. I'll post a pic in a bit. VEB only has 6A chargers.

 

[christob]

Howdy; don't have an answer for you but I have the Cafe as well, so I'm interested in any answers posted. I contacted VEB and I think they said they sell the charger for 129?

 

[Ann M.]

$129 is not a bad price for this charger with a specialized end. Some particular reason you don't want to buy one from VEB?

 

[christob]

Apologies... I went back and found the email from Vintage, and the spare charger is 150 not 129. Still a reasonable price I think, based on the little research I've done into third-party chargers.

 

[fnord]

I was hoping to get a smaller lower amp one that didn't have a fan for charging at home over night and I would keep the bigger one in my office. I think I found the identical charger online for 77 bucks shipped from China, but it has XLR connectors and I can't say I'm impressed with the quality of the OEM charger.

 

[christob]

Have you had issues with the VEB charger? If so, what kind?
Mine seems quite solid and sort of built like a tank. I haven't had any observable quality concerns thus far.

 

[fnord]

Have you had issues with the VEB charger? If so, what kind?
Mine seems quite solid and sort of built like a tank. I haven't had any observable quality concerns thus far.

Maybe you got a different one, but mine is a generic flyback charger, except with this special cable. I haven't put it on a 'scope, but I can't imagine the output of this is very clean (could hurt battery life). Its fan is noisy, you have to turn it off and on to reset after a charge, otherwise plugging it back into the bike with it on won't start it.

I'd be happy with a lower amp charger that didn't have a fan, or the ability to use something like the Satiator charger which would improve the longevity of the batteries.

I suspect the 4 extra smaller pins are not connected to anything. if that's the case, then I can just adapt another charger if I can find that weird connector for sale.

 

[tomjasz]

Higo Z624 battery connector, two for power the rest signal contacts.

http://www.higoconnector.com/products/z624cg-c-05-d1-0150/ZV99K


SEE PDF for Cable https://www.ac-solutions.be/en/products/z624cgp00b71000/1209K#title

 

[tomjasz]

Maybe you got a different one, but mine is a generic flyback charger, except with this special cable. I haven't put it on a 'scope, but I can't imagine the output of this is very clean (could hurt battery life). Its fan is noisy, you have to turn it off and on to reset after a charge, otherwise plugging it back into the bike with it on won't start it.

I'd be happy with a lower amp charger that didn't have a fan, or the ability to use something like the Satiator charger which would improve the longevity of the batteries.

I suspect the 4 extra smaller pins are not connected to anything. if that's the case, then I can just adapt another charger if I can find that weird connector for sale.

Use a multimeter and a plug in timer to sort the value of time to level of charge. Lots of folks use this simple method to charge to 80%. Just some time to determining the chargers rate.

 

[D..]

What type of batteries do you have? If some sort of lithium, the BMS may be in the charger and not the pack. Be careful charging then with anything else.