[NSRCA-discussion] 10s LiPo Charger Recommendation

[Earl Haury]

Jerry

Hard to beat the iChargers. The CellPros taught me that a fuse between the 
pack & charger is a good investment! No issues with 3010b iChargers  (about 
3000 charges over 5 years or so). They  will report cell IR / voltage and 
charge a 10S pack at 2C with a 24v supply without breaking a sweat. The 
newer 4010 can handle 2x10S and displays data from both packs 
simultaneously. They don't meet your criteria of charging through the 
balance leads, but haven't really found that to an issue as the balancing 
system works fine. Can't really comment on service, haven't needed any (that 
should jinx me).

Earl

-----Original Message----- 
From: Budd Engineering via NSRCA-discussion
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 4:59 AM
To: List NSRCA-list
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] 10s LiPo Charger Recommendation

Hi all, I’m in need of some advice/suggestions for a new LiPo charger for 
10s packs.

For the past several years I’ve used CellPro-10S chargers with good results. 
However recently one of my CellPro-10s' emitted the dreaded “magic smoke” 
when I connected a 10s pack for charging.  This also happened at the Nats 3 
years ago, fortunately Mike M. from F3AU was there with inventory and I was 
able to purchase a replacement charger and press on.  However, after having 
a second one give up the ghost a few weeks ago (and after not many charge 
cycles - I don’t fly very much), I’m interested in exploring other options.


To try to add some focus to this here’s my search constraints:

1.  It must be able to charge each cell individually through the balance 
connector, and give me a relative readout of each cell’s condition compared 
to the other 9 cells.

2.  I’m not interested in chargers that have separate balancers from the 
charger (e.g. like the TP1010C).

3.  Reliability and value are important, as is ease of use.

4.  Cost no more than a replacement CellPro 10XP (<$180), unless a single 
charger can charge two 10s packs simultaneously, then I’d consider spending 
a bit more.

5.  Customer service matters, if I can buy it through F3A Unlimited, that 
would be a PLUS.


With this in mind does anyone have a suggestion for what chargers I should 
consider?


I don’t get out much these days so it’s difficult to see what everyone’s 
using that works well.  So I really do appreciate everyone’s help with this.

Thx, Jerry
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