Coin Cell Charger for 10180

[darkzero]

AW recommends the Powerstream coin cell charger for 10180s. Does anyone have a good picture of it? The picture on their site sucks.

Any other chargers out there that I can use besides R/C chargers?

 

[Raymond]

how many batteries do you need to charge?
What is the capacity of an 10180?

 

[darkzero]

how many batteries do you need to charge?
What is the capacity of an 10180?

Charge just one at a time but I have two. 90 mah is the capacity. Both my nano charger & WF-139 are rated at 450ma so even charging two of these in parallel is not safe?

The Powerstream coin cell charger should be perfect, 40ma, but I'd like to see a clearer picture of it..

 

[pyro]

The link you provided shows a charger with 270 watts total power,
seems a little high for a 10180

 

[darkzero]

The link you provided shows a charger with 270 watts total power,
seems a little high for a 10180

Haha, yup that's would'nt be good. Something screwy with their site, I just copy & pasted the link in the address bar which is the wrong address. Link is fixed now. Thx

 

[DM51]

Is this the coin-cell charger you mean?

 

[darkzero]

That's it. Perfect, that last pic showed me exactly what I needed to know. Going to order one now. Thanks DM51! :thumbsup:

 

[DM51]

It's a good solution for charging a 10180. Some people have been using the 10440-size Nano-chargers, but the output on these is 200mA. That is >2C for a 10180, which is too much.

I can't say I've put too many cycles on 10180s through this coin-cell charger (fewer than 20 cycles) but it has worked well so far.

 

[darkzero]

It's a good solution for charging a 10180. Some people have been using the 10440-size Nano-chargers, but the output on these is 200mA. That is >2C for a 10180, which is too much.

I can't say I've put too many cycles on 10180s through this coin-cell charger (fewer than 20 cycles) but it has worked well so far.

It seems there are three different versions of the 10440 Nano cahrgers. The one I have looks different from the one AW sells & has a different p/n. Mine says .45a on the back. There's also a black version too that I do not know the specs on.

 

[DM51]

I think yours is the RCR123A version - look at the size of the battery bay. 0.45A (450mA) is the output of that one.

The black one is the 10440-size (AAA size) bay and is 200mA.

I don't know of a 3rd version.

 

[darkzero]

Mine is definitely the AAA size but I git it from KD. The p/n is NBC-A001. Mine is gray & says Nano on it but the case differs in shape & color from the gray Nano AAA charger that I bought from AW (which I gave to a friend). So I say 3 versions. The one I have, the common one that AW sells, & the black one.

Maybe they screwed up on mine & put the AAA size bay on a R123 charger when making it? The believe 200ma version has a different p/n from mine. Regardless, my nano doesn't charge my 10180 batteries anyway. Light turns from green to red when the battery is inserted but no power output. :thinking:

 

[DM51]

Sounds like maybe you have a knockoff, and not a very good one, at that.

 

[darkzero]

Probably, I wouldn't doubt it. It's in the trash now anyways. Thanks for the help.

 

[xcel730]

This is exactly the thread I was looking for. Surprisingly, this is one of the very few moments where the searching function gave me something I needed. :laughing:

Does anyone know approximately how many times I can charge a 10180 before the cell dies?

 

[DM51]

If you don't over-charge it or over-discharge it, or run it at >2C, you should get >500 cycles out of it.

 

[xcel730]

Thanks DM51. That's what I thought too, but asked because I misread you when you said,

"I can't say I've put too many cycles on 10180s through this coin-cell charger (fewer than 20 cycles) but it has worked well so far. "

I read it too quickly and thought you mean you can't put too many cycles on the 10180. This is what happens when you're reading CPF late at night. :sleepy:

 

[DM51]

My apols - Obviously my post was open to misunderstanding. I just meant I haven't used it very much yet. I'm anticipating it will continue to work well for a long time to come.

 

[EngrPaul]

Is this the coin-cell charger you mean?

Thanks for the info :twothumbs

 

[jojobos]

I know this is an old thread but.. I just got the coin cell charger from powerstream. http://www.powerstream.com/licoin-charger.htm
On the website it says "Charge rate is 40 mA"

However, on the back of the charger says,
input: AC180-240V 50HZ
output: DC 2.8-8.7V 250mah
Suitable for 200-3000mah

Can this safely charge 90mah 3.7V 10180 cells? Or did I get the wrong one?
Thanks.

 

[richdsu]

You can consider getting this usb charger to charge
your rechargeable coin lithium batteries :

Dealextreme SKU 15264

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15264