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Old 03-31-2014, 09:45 AM
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whats a good lipo charger? i have 7 2s lipos and i use 2 at a time for my buggy and 1 for my short course. whats a good multi charger? rite now i have 2 charger and it takes awhile to charge and not sure if i have enough batts. to race both cars.
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Protek 620 duo
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that looks like a nice charger, i have 3 smc 6500 2 gforce 5900 and 2 gforce 6000. charging at high amps wont mess the batteries up?
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Old 03-31-2014, 11:42 AM
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The ProTek 612 Duo is the newer version and is AC/DC. No external power supply required.
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hows the hitec altima x2
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Old 03-31-2014, 11:50 AM
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Take a look at this one.

http://thebarnfloor.com/catalog/prod...392bcfd68fb65b

I have been using it for a couple months now and it works great.
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SMC and GForce both say that 3C charging is ok. So it'd be 19.5A for the SMC and 17.7A and 18A for the Gforce. I don't ever go past 2C though. I run a 7200 SMC pack and can get pack to full voltage in about 20 min.
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hows the hitec altima x2
Same as the Protek charger. Both of those are made by SkyRC, which is the version I have.
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charging at high amps wont ruin the battery? i might go with that protec or hitec altima x2. just going to wait and see what else is out there 1st
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would i need a power supply? all im using is 2s
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Using the 620, yes. the 612 has one built in.
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612 charges up to 12amps. i think that should be enough
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