[NSRCA-discussion] Why Cellpro 10S/10XP?

[Joe Lachowski]

I ran Cellpros and Ichargers and had problems with both. I now run the Thunderpower TP820's and they, to date, are doing the job. I had several Cellpros go up in smoke and eventually gave up on them and got a refund. The Ichargers are not idiot proof when it comes to hooking up the wires. If you don't do it right you can fry the balance boards. My Ichargers also had callibration problems that probably shortened the life of some of my packs.  I use 5S packs of course.
 



Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:38:47 -0800
From: vogel.peter at gmail.com
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Why Cellpro 10S/10XP?

So I'll preface this by saying I was flying large + hv packs before I was flying pattern, so my charging gear preceded my pattern involvement and therefore I seem to be the odd man out when it comes to my charging gear -- I'm running an iCharger 3010 charger (1000W max charge power, up to 30Amps, 10S) for my larger packs, and an iCharger 208b (350w max, 8S, 20 amps)  off a meanwell SE-1000-24 1000watt/24volt power supply.  I'm thinking about upgrading the 208b to something capable of handling a second 10s pack for charging two simultaneously.  Another 3010 is an obvious choice for me, but I'm wondering why everyone in the pattern community likes the CellPro 10S (can't handle 24 volts, but the XP can) so much, specs don't tell the whole story or the 3010 would be an obvious winner...


So, why do y'all like the CellPro?  Anyone using something other than the Cellpro or the iCharger to do 10S?  what drove your choice?


Peter+

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