[NSRCA-discussion] Dodged a Bullet Today!!!!

[jeffghughes at comcast.net]

Like I said, "topping" it off is a no no with this charger.


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From: George Kennie <geobet at gis.net> 
Nope!,...... I think that I might have also had a similar experience with the Astro charger. 
I had a pak that had been in storage for about 3 weeks and decided to top it off before flying, but noticed when I connected it to the charger that it started out at the maximum voltage and started increasing from there into territory I had never seen before.Recognizing that I had never seen voltages this high displayed on the screen before, I immediately terminated the charge. This all happened within a period of 15-20 seconds. 
G. 
jeffghughes at comcast.net wrote: 
 What everybody is assuming is that this was a screw up.It could also just have been a bad cell The manual does say not to put a fully charged pack on the charger and discharge first if any doubt.  
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From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> 
I can't say how the charger works, but my uneducated guess would be that the voltage rise (internal impedance) with the application of current would be different between charged/uncharged cells. 
Grow Pattern <pattern4u at comcast.net> wrote: 
What still bothers me is:- If 3 fully charged cells = 12 V plus, and 4 
discharged cells = 12 V Plus, then how does the charger know which is which?



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From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> 
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