jtice
Flashaholic
I have been looking at chargers for over a weeek now, and was planning on spending this much on a charger, but, I want something very versitile, so I dont out grow it, and have to buy another charger later on.
I have heard alot of good things aobut this Triton charger, but am not sure about the best way to use it, and setup a charging system.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCJG7&P=FR
Id like to hear what you think of it, and how you have been ussing it, and what batts, and # of batts you have been charging.
First off, I have a 12V power supply, and is 10 Amp. Its not a cheapo, and is supposed to have low ripple.
Is this enough to power the Triton?
Heres the main thing I am wondering about.
I know that the Triton is really made for charging battery packs, such as in remote control cars, planes, etc.
It can charge 1 to 20 cells.
But, how should I go about making a batt holder for it?
I know I can easily make a 4AA holder, and set the charger to 4 cells, and thats fine, but,
What if I want to charge 2 cells? Am I going to have to make a diff batt holder for each # of cells?
I think it only charges the batts in series, is that correct?
If so, I cant use it like a regular batt charger, IE, placing just 1,2,3,4, etc # of cells in it.
It looks like the best i will be able to do, is make a bunch of 2AA holders, and fine a way to connect them all together.
But, then, I can only chage in multiples of 2 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Any ideas on how to go about this?
I know just buying a nice $40 AA charger would be better, for AAs, but I wont something versitile, and that I can charge packs with later on.
Thanks for the help guys.
-John
I have heard alot of good things aobut this Triton charger, but am not sure about the best way to use it, and setup a charging system.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCJG7&P=FR
Id like to hear what you think of it, and how you have been ussing it, and what batts, and # of batts you have been charging.
First off, I have a 12V power supply, and is 10 Amp. Its not a cheapo, and is supposed to have low ripple.
Is this enough to power the Triton?
Heres the main thing I am wondering about.
I know that the Triton is really made for charging battery packs, such as in remote control cars, planes, etc.
It can charge 1 to 20 cells.
But, how should I go about making a batt holder for it?
I know I can easily make a 4AA holder, and set the charger to 4 cells, and thats fine, but,
What if I want to charge 2 cells? Am I going to have to make a diff batt holder for each # of cells?
I think it only charges the batts in series, is that correct?
If so, I cant use it like a regular batt charger, IE, placing just 1,2,3,4, etc # of cells in it.
It looks like the best i will be able to do, is make a bunch of 2AA holders, and fine a way to connect them all together.
But, then, I can only chage in multiples of 2 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Any ideas on how to go about this?
I know just buying a nice $40 AA charger would be better, for AAs, but I wont something versitile, and that I can charge packs with later on.
Thanks for the help guys.
-John