arevir

Would this charger worth a try?
On paper it seem great and going over the manual it seem to be a super easy to use charger.

Right now my main packs are 3s 4200 mah LiFe-pos

http://www.smc-racing.net/index.php?...product_id=336

Any input thanks.

1967Typhoon

iTrader: (35)

Looks great. The only thing I don't like is the low discharge power. I find discharge useful for putting packs into storage at the end of the day. I like 50w as a minimum, this one is 10w. Also, if you ever need to cycle a NIMH pack, 10w isn't going to work well unless the pack is tiny.

If that is not important to you, it looks like a great charger for the price.

arevir

Thanks for the advice.

I always thought that the current drain to balance LiPo was the big concern. this one claims 500mA/cell.

I was bringing back the Life pack and it took my current charger all day. But I have one of the B6AC skyrc so I think that one have 10W and 200 or 300 mah for balancing.

now im thinking if I should get a DC charger as almost all the AC ones have a 10W max

I recently saw this one as well
http://www.amainhobbies.com/rc-cars-...k-8510/p260576
It claim to have 20W discharge.
But it seem that I wont be able to change the voltage up to 4.3V if I ever buy the new LiHV-po.

So would you say that the discharge wattage make a difference when it comes to balance batteries?
or only to discharge / cycle?

other that I also considered
the new hitec AC 2, but now that I look at it it also have 10w and the Current Drain for LiPo Balancing is 200mah, I guess it would take a while for it to balance large pack as well.
But the wifi interface/app seem to be nice.