an alternative headline could be: trying to make the impossible true. I'm privately developing a product in the electro-mobility area (details to follow
) and one of the main open topics is finding a suitable charger. The basic requirements are 25.2V / 5A, and of course I want to be able to
safely sell it worldwide. Price competitiveness is key as well.
I am quite inexperienced in this area and don't know any quality suppliers for these. All major players seem to be far east based. And having a large company like Phihong develop something is also not really in sight, initial volumes will certainly not allow this. I am thinking to start with 100 ~ 1000 units.
So I went digging into Alibaba and let me send some samples of possible candidates. First try was a complete fail (yes, I sorta expected this, but Hope dies last). I have attached some picture, see yourself what I mean. Some issues are cosmetic and due to them having made a customized sample for me, but there are several critical safety issues. I didn't come to the point of asking them for relevant certificates and associated lab reports...
Now I want to give it a second try. Company GVE
http://www.gve-cn.com/ is advertising with several customer stories, they seem to be in the market for reasonable time.
Does anyone have experience with them? Do you know other companies that I should try? I would be willing to pay for project cost up to 1000USD. At the time I'm a bit desperate...