What NiMH 6.0V battery charger do I need?

[Keith Hoard]

I gotta agree also about the Supernova.  In addition to all the airplane and
lead-acid batteries, I use it to charge every household rechargeable
battery.  A little creative wiring and some bannana plugs and you're in
business. The Supernova is even "dummy proof" in case you get the polarity
wrong.  Energizer has just started selling AA NiMh batteries (green
lettering) and I've picked up two packs for everything around the house.
The wife unit just tosses them on my work bench when they're discharged!!


Keith L. Hoard
Cordova, TN
khoard at midsouth.rr.com

"Going to war without the French is like...boarding a submarine without a
parachute"


----- Original Message -----
From: "wgalligan" <wgalligan at cnbcom.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: What NiMH 6.0V battery charger do I need?


> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "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
> >
> >
> >         To:     <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >         cc:
> >         Subject:        What NiMH 6.0V battery charger do I need?
> >
> >
> > 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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