lonelyboy
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I would be interested to see any review or evaluation report on this:
http://charger.nitecore.com/CHARGER/SC/SC4/
http://charger.nitecore.com/CHARGER/SC/SC4/
I would be interested to see any review or evaluation report on this:
http://charger.nitecore.com/CHARGER/SC/SC4/
Starting at 2A is an issue as well: in case of wall socket voltage drop you may find your 16350 in a very dangerous condition. Or does it manage to reidentify a cell?
Just tested two 18490 cells, and it started charging them at 500mA, so there seems to be some kind of smart choice involved, but not even all 18650s should be charged at 2A, even though most can take it.
Would have been cool with a charger that automatically took IR/voltage rise into account, as well as temperature, and automatically adjusted charge current. Dual sensors, perhaps at top and center, with a safety cutoff as well, and things would be very interesting. Might be just about possible with the hardware of the MC3000, if they added support in software.
I guess there might be some size measurements involved. Have no idea how might they evaluate expected capacity otherwise.
The user interface is not that bad, but then I did not read the manual, I just tried (I am testing on it at the current time).
Looks good and seems to do it all. I am not sure if the default charge current is adjustable or not. I expect this is a 4 channel charger but I could not be certain. Looks quite good and a top candidate to buy once some questions are answered. I have an I4 and other than speed or rather lower current rate for more than two cells its an excellent charger. Now with a useful display and significant charge rate increase it has to be a top contender if they got it engineered right.
I'll be watching for more on this one.
I'm happy with mine so far, but like Xiphex mentioned, it buzzes on standby.
That buzzing can be from vibration in a coil or similar, and more mechanical stress means shorter life, so I'm suspecting it's not a "buy it for life"-type of thing.
Would I recommend it? Probably not to a newbie, default charge current on an 18650 is 2A, while I'd want a configurable default, factory-set to 1A or less.
If you know what you're buying, have had a few Nitecore chargers before, and reasonable expectations, then it's not a bad purchase
If charging at 2A is fine for your cells, I'd rather buy this than a D4 charger for example.
I guess there might be some size measurements involved. Have no idea how might they evaluate expected capacity otherwise.
I've got one. Sure -- the buzz on idle. And UI is not even close to intuitive. Starting at 2A is an issue as well: in case of wall socket voltage drop you may find your 16350 in a very dangerous condition. Or does it manage to reidentify a cell?
I am, very much, looking forward to reading your review, HKJ!Nitecore started selecting current depending on length some time ago.
The user interface is not that bad, but then I did not read the manual, I just tried (I am testing on it at the current time).
It is a four-channel charger
This can always be discussed. You could also call it a four slot charger with two charge channels. This is the same system Nitecore uses in the i4 and D4, here the current is just higher.
I'm confused. I've always thought slots and channels were one in the same. Would you please elaborate?
Depends on how you interpret the word channel. I look at it as number of charge circuits and the 4 channel charges SC4, i4 and D4 all has two charge circuits that timeshares on four slots, on the SC4 you can disable the time-sharing by selecting priority on a slot, then it will do it in sequence instead.