What NiMH 6.0V battery charger do I need?

[wgalligan]

I have to agree here.  There are several good multi use chargers out there. Technically the better ones are getting close in what they will do. I happen to use a SuperNova and it has done a great job for me in both setting a new pack or cycling with all the info and at any number of charge/discharge rates.  multiple types of packs, xcells nicad nimh, works great.  I even use it to charge all the nicad stuff in my kids toys(it will pay for itself just in that). I also have a Hangar 9 Double Vision field charger that has worked flawless it chargers at 750 mil and has a bar graph indicator to show the charge. Quick but not to high of a rate for that extra power for a long flight session when needed.  I have come to realize the cost of batteries and the charging equipment is a small price when compared to my time and the cost of an expensive pattern plane.

Wayne

 > I know this flies in the face of all those "I'm very happy with my 
> blinking light charger" but way too much is riding on our batteries.  I 
> had an Ace charger false peak and trash a new plane.  I know others that 
> have had similar experiences with this and other chargers.  Some very well 
> known names too.
> 
> The Robbe charger, Alpha 4, Triton, Dymond, or FMA SuuperNova are all 
> computerized chargers with much more sophisticated monitoring and charging 
> techniques.  They provide LCD screens with lots of info on your battery 
> that could not be gained if the pack false peaked.  The cost of these is 
> more than a sirius, Ace, or accucycle, but not much considering the 10x 
> improvement in sophistication and information, and pack memory, and 
> ability to handle LI-ion, Nimh, Nicd, and the ability to fast charge or 
> slow charge, etc.
> 
> --Lance
> 
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> "Steve %26 Cindy Kessler" <kessler at kingwoodcable.net>
> Sent by: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> 02/13/2003 08:04 PM
> Please respond to discussion
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>         Subject:        What NiMH 6.0V battery charger do I need?
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> I recently purchased a Hobbico HydriMax NiMH 6.0V 1650mah battery for use 
> in my Smagard.  What is the best charger to use for this battery?  Will 
> either my JR NEC-222 charger, my ACE smart charger or my ACE Digipace III 
> charger work?  All of these chargers are normally used for my standard 4.8 
> V 1400mah NiCad batteries.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Steve
> 
> 


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