Portable Battery Charger Circuit
This circuit was designed to charge Nicad battery packs in the range of 4.8 to 15.6 V from a convenient remote power source , such as automobile battery. When power is first applied to the circuit applied to the circuit , a small bias current supplied by R1 via winding L1 , starts to turn on the transistor TR1. This forces a voltage across L2 and the positive feedback given by the coupling of L1 and L2 causes the transistor to turn hard on , applying the full supply across L2. The base drive voltage induced across L1 makes the junction the necessary base current to hold Q1 on. Component List Resistor R1 = 1M R2 = 120R R3 = 10R R4 = 39R Capacitor C1 = 100uF 25V C2 = 0.01uF C3 = 4700pF C4 = 100uF 25V Diode D1 = 1N4148 D2 = BYV27-5 D3 = BYV27-5 Transistor Q1 = ZTX650 Transformer L1 = 12T 36awg L2 = 13T 36awg L3 = 20T 30awg L4 = 40T 30awg Core FX3437 with gap of 0.08mm Former DT2492