Pila charger and AW 18500 protected cells?

[ak645]

Will they work together?If so is the Pila charger a significant enough improvement over the dsd charger to be worth the extra bucks?Thank You for your help.

Andy

 

[SilverFox]

Hello Andy,

The newer version of the Pila charger will work fine. You may need to come up with a spacer if needed.

Tom

 

[Trashman]

Hello Andy,

The newer version of the Pila charger will work fine. You may need to come up with a spacer if needed.

Tom

And the older version? I've used the older Pila charger to charge AW's cells, before. Is there some reason I shouldn't have?

BTW, the DSD works great. I don't see any need to spend the extra bucks for the Pila charger. Does anybody else? (I'm trying to get some answers)

 

[eebowler]

Hi Tom. Is the CH-02 a newer or older version charger? Thanks.

Trashman. I will choose the Pila charger over the DSD any day because of charge time. My batteries will be the 18650 (168A) and to wait 12hrs+ for them to charge isn't too appealing.

 

[wptski]

And the older version? I've used the older Pila charger to charge AW's cells, before. Is there some reason I shouldn't have?

BTW, the DSD works great. I don't see any need to spend the extra bucks for the Pila charger. Does anybody else? (I'm trying to get some answers)

The new Pila charger is a Smart CC/CV Li-Ion charger but the original Pila charger relied on the circuit in the cells to determine when the cell was fully charged.