Verndog
Enlightened
I wanted to put out some info on this new charger I've been looking at the last few weeks as there is not much info in the US on it. The charger is German design and has been selling in Europe and the UK for I believe a little less then a year. I found a bunch of reviews on it on Amazon UK and they were very good. Those can be seen here.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-rev...iewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
I own several high end hobby chargers, and a LaCrosse BC500 for AA-AAA rechargeables, and several other various chargers including 2 Tenergy chargers. The LaCrosse charger lasted 1 year and the display went bad, still works but irritating to look at. This is a known issue with BC500 and 700 along with other issues from them steered me another direction. The Maha's seem to have other issues including interface that forces many selections I didn't care for...so here I am. This charger is just starting to sell in the US, in fact I may be one of the first before "Nele the engineer" Amazon guru even.
On with the specs and pics.
AccuPower IQ-328
AccuPower fast charger with capacity display, discharge function and LCD-display for AAA/Micro, AA/Mignon NiMH rechargeable batteries
The intelligent fast-charger with LCD display for AAA/Micro/LR03 and Mignon/AA
Here you can see the thermal protection / heat sensor. This cuts off at 55C / 131F
Hitting Display you can view Time / mah input or discharged / charge voltage / cell voltage at anytime without cycle interruption.
I am very impressed with this charger, and it was only $29.99 on Amazon. It's much better build quality then the LaCrosse that was $34.00 a year ago, has more power and options, better display information, and does everything you will need a AA-AAA charger to do. The charger is larger, better venting, thermal protected, more display information and size, and more solid buttons.
One very smart feature I like, is you can put 1 cell in and press current to select the amps to charge at then add another cell and repeat...or, just put all 4 in and do it once to keep all 4 the same. You can also do the same with the mode...discharge 2 and charge 2 the same way. By default it will charge at .2 amps, so if you do nothing it will just slow charger.
I ran some cell tests and compared the numbers to the cells previously tested in a high end hobby charger (Team Checkpoint 10amp) and the LaCrosse and the mah is very accurate...less then 3% difference on 3 cells.
Any question feel free to ask...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-rev...iewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
I own several high end hobby chargers, and a LaCrosse BC500 for AA-AAA rechargeables, and several other various chargers including 2 Tenergy chargers. The LaCrosse charger lasted 1 year and the display went bad, still works but irritating to look at. This is a known issue with BC500 and 700 along with other issues from them steered me another direction. The Maha's seem to have other issues including interface that forces many selections I didn't care for...so here I am. This charger is just starting to sell in the US, in fact I may be one of the first before "Nele the engineer" Amazon guru even.
On with the specs and pics.
AccuPower IQ-328
AccuPower fast charger with capacity display, discharge function and LCD-display for AAA/Micro, AA/Mignon NiMH rechargeable batteries
The intelligent fast-charger with LCD display for AAA/Micro/LR03 and Mignon/AA
- For all Micro/AAA / Mignon/AA NiMH and NiCd rechargebale batteries
- Capacity max. 3500mAh
- Single channel control (x4)
- Charge current adjustable: 200, 500, 700 and 1000mA for 1-4 batteries or 1800mA for 1-2 batteries
- Discharge function to prevent from memory-effect (.9 volt cutoff)
- Microprocessor control, precise measurement of the -dV charging signal
- Trickle charging automatically after charge end
- Overheating control = safety for your storage battieries
- Special care program to regenerate damaged batteries (because of charge / discharge cycles)
- Battery test for nearly real values
- Capacity measurement for 1-4 Mignon/AA or Micro/AA
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Here you can see the thermal protection / heat sensor. This cuts off at 55C / 131F
Hitting Display you can view Time / mah input or discharged / charge voltage / cell voltage at anytime without cycle interruption.
I am very impressed with this charger, and it was only $29.99 on Amazon. It's much better build quality then the LaCrosse that was $34.00 a year ago, has more power and options, better display information, and does everything you will need a AA-AAA charger to do. The charger is larger, better venting, thermal protected, more display information and size, and more solid buttons.
One very smart feature I like, is you can put 1 cell in and press current to select the amps to charge at then add another cell and repeat...or, just put all 4 in and do it once to keep all 4 the same. You can also do the same with the mode...discharge 2 and charge 2 the same way. By default it will charge at .2 amps, so if you do nothing it will just slow charger.
I ran some cell tests and compared the numbers to the cells previously tested in a high end hobby charger (Team Checkpoint 10amp) and the LaCrosse and the mah is very accurate...less then 3% difference on 3 cells.
Any question feel free to ask...
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