regnim said:
I had my smoked version 32 charger replaced by La Crosse with a v33 and have had no overheats or run away overcharges. I have tried to induce the original runaway charge problem and have not been able to. For me the problem is fixed and the BC-900 is once again my favorite charger.
regnim:
Are you charging cells of at least 2300mAh? Are you using a external fan? Does it ever cycle OFF for high temperature?
I charged four fairly new 2300mAh cells at 700ma and it cycled OFF for high temperature twice for three of the cells and three times for the last one!
The temperature cutoff on v32 was reported to be 160F, I think. The v33 it's supposed to be 127F although I found it to be a bit higher, maybe 133F. The design is what makes it run hot and by lowering the cutoff temperature doesn't really fix that problem, it's just supposed to keep it from melting!