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What is the Best Budget NiMH charger?
By: relic38 Date: July 9, 2013, 12:06 am
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I recently discovered that my NiMH charger was not always
completely charging my cells. This had me believing the cells
themselves were toast. I did a charge and discharge cycle on my
hobby charger and they all test just fine.
So, I'm looking for the best budget four-bay NiMH charger. It
can be a dedicated NiMH charger, or a combo that also charges
Li-Ion cells. The Li-Ion part is a bonus, not required at all
(most of my cells are 4.30V charge).
I have heard real good things about the I4 v2 and the JetBeam
Pro version. HKJ has done some great reviews, which I will be
perusing as well.
Thanks in advance!
#Post#: 1698--------------------------------------------------
Re: What is the Best Budget NiMH charger?
By: relic38 Date: July 9, 2013, 12:16 am
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HKJ has a positive review on the Shan SH-168DLCD. I like the
feature set of this one, and the price isn't overly expensive
for what you get (only found at FT so far).
The ability to do a capacity test on four cells at once is nice.
Will help with matching for multi-cell lights.
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Re: What is the Best Budget NiMH charger?
By: MRsDNF Date: July 9, 2013, 12:24 am
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From memory the l4 has had some people reporting that certain
NiMH batteries get extremely hot. I have had a AA/AAA dedicated
Sony charger I've used for the last I don't know how many years.
Some batteries get hot in it but never had a problem. It is used
constantly and some batteries would off had at least 500 charges
put through them. Its not to much help for you though. Im a
believer that it does not matter what you need in life something
made for a specific purpose is going to work better than
something that tries to do more than one thing. I just did a
search and this looks identical to mine even though mine is
years old.
HTML http://dx.com/p/sony-1-4-lcd-aa-aaa-battery-charger-4-x-rechargeable-1-2v-2700mah-ni-mh-aa-batteries-100-240v-90996
I used to use the refresh on it for NiCad batteries but haven't
used them for years either.
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Re: What is the Best Budget NiMH charger?
By: relic38 Date: July 9, 2013, 7:22 am
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Thanks MRsDNF, I have reservations about the I4 anyway. That
Sony looks nice, but a bit pricey, and comes with non-LSD cells.
I totally agree, a good dedicated NiMH charger is what I am
after. So far, it's the SH-168DLCD as top pick.
I also read a little bit about MAHA-9000 being a great charger,
but it is pricey as well.
My Accucel 6 seems to consistently charge my NiMH cells to
capacity. Has anyone tried charging NiMH in series on a hobby
charger? Will they come out balanced somehow?
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