Which PP3 charger?

[crofty]

Looking for a smart charger for a PP3 LSD but I can only find dumb one`s so far.

Can anyone recomend one?

 

[crofty]

Of course maha do one but I don`t need 4 bays LOL not to mention the price.

EDIT:
This one looks promising though still a bit pricey.

What do you think?

 

[SilverFox]

Hello Crofty,

Keep in mind that there are two versions of 9 volt batteries. One has 7 cells and the other has 8 cells. If you are using batteries with 8 cells, you need to make sure that your charger will fully charge them.

The Maha charger charges both 7 and 8 cell batteries. I am not sure about the other one.

Tom

 

[crofty]

Thanks SilverFox, any idea what version the uniross hybrio PP3`s are?

 

[SilverFox]

Hello Crofty,

Sorry, I don't know that.

Tom

 

[crofty]

Another q if you don`t mind.. am I right in thinking that any 9.7v PP3 is going to be an 8 cell battery and so any charger capable of charging 9.7v PP3`s will fully charge an 8 cell PP3?

Thanks SilverFox.

 

[SilverFox]

Hello Crofty,

The 8 cell ones I use are labeled 9.6 volts.

You are correct, if the charger specification states that it will fully charge a 9.6 volt NiMh 9 volt battery, it will also charge a 7 cell 8.4 volt 9 volt battery.

Tom

 

[crofty]

Thanks SilverFox I thought as much.

Will have to wait for the battery to arive so I can check the voltage, then decide whether I need the more expensive maha or the cheaper more feature rich one that may or may not be capable of charging an 8 cell PP3.

 

[crofty]

A follow up then: I went for the charger at the bottom of this page, http://www.component-shop.co.uk/html/body_standard.html

and a hybrio PP3 is 8.4v. They also recommend completely discharging the battery for the first 5 cycles for best performance.

The charger seems to do it`s job but I miss an LCD with mAh readout