ok im after charging and discharging eneloops and other nimh 2000mah - 2500mah
id like to be able to put a battery in and see how much is in it or put a part used battery in and discharge and recharge
i want independant info for each cell
i want a few options for speed of charge (rate)
so do i need the maha or do they all do these things?
thanks
I have the Angeleyes and have just ordered anther one. Rate of charge can only be adjusted by putting in more or less cells - it will charge at 1065mA with two cells in it, 710mA with 3 and 1065mA with 2.
With AAA's it is about 300mA with 4 and about 600 with 2 - it has cells in it just now so can't toss in some AAAs for charging rate.
Having tested the same cells on the Maha and the Angeleyes, the results were within about 10% - there is a thread about it in here somewhere. The original Angeleyes thread is here.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=151066
After some digging i found the comparison thread.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=168275
The Maha does more but Eneloops and the like prefer a charge of an amp or less so the higher rate of 2A is not a good idea for them.
I have a 15 minute charger that charges AAs at 8 amps. Strongly not recommended for any low self-discharge cell but handy with 1800-2000mAh cells that can take that sort of abuse. Higher capacity ones won't.
It discharges at 560mA for all cells AA or AAA
The Angeleyes will tell you charge or discharge time, amount put in and amount taken out, voltage and current flowing at that time. It discharges to 1.0V whereas the Maha discharges to 0.9V though this probably only makes a 1-5% difference as an NiMH cell at 1.0V is effectively empty anyway.
You can get an Angeleyes delivered for US$35 (At today's exchange rate of $1.75=£1=£20) so you can get 2.5 of them for the price of the Maha. I've had mine for about 15 months and am very happy with it.
You can get the Lacrosse for £38 here.
http://www.component-shop.co.uk/html/standard.html
Maplin do the Maha - my local store has it on the shelf.
