I'm proud to have assembled
my awesome grid charger, with a big thanks to Mr. Mike Dabrowski (my hero)!
Anyway, as much as I'd like for my Insight to live indoors, it's the workhorse. My garage is filled already
with my lovely S2000,
599,
two Ruckuses and my girlfriend's baby -
her CRX. This means that when I'm charging - I'm charging outdoors.
I'm a little worried about this - should I be? Note that I'm in FL, and the heat of summer is coming upon us. But also note that I do have a full 12v going to the battery fan and also 12v to a 120mm fan that cools my 350ma charger.
My battery is technically in the shade, and I do my best to situate the charger under the shade of the roof of the car, but the temps inside the car can surely get high. I haven't tested them yet, but plan to. At what point should I consider the ambient temp unsafe?
Is charging in the hot summer sun a terrible idea? It doesn't seem like there are any safeguards in place, but at 350ma, does there need to be?
Any educated thoughts very much appreciated!
I eventually would like to move to a more complex setup, but in the meantime, I may assemble a 700ma charger to do a large part of the charging in the cool hours and control it manually. I'll then use those parts to assemble Mike's automatic charger, once I learn a little bit more.
