MrEs

grrr ill probably send it in to eagle racing on monday. im not expecting it back for atleast a month though..

lee82gx

iTrader: (1)

lol,now is the time to bring out some cash for that bling-bling charger while waiting!
I was in your position just a couple of months ago,but i'm really grateful for the exchange unit provided by my LHS..

I was thinking it's bcos of the stoppage time every minunte for 3 secs,as i think that should be counted into the discharge time ,but isn't.
It artificially pulls up the voltage reading but the capacity is dropped(also artificially).

sosidge

I think your discharge figures are a bit low - I can get 3150-odd discharge capacity on old (equalised) packs, never had a chance to run a brand new pack on the charger though.

These figures are very similar to what I would get on the Pro-Trak discharging to the same criteria (e.g 20A, 0.8v per cell cutoff). On the Protrak the cells, when new, discharged to 3450 at 20A.

Is anyone else finding under-calculated discharge capacity on the Eagle?

MrEs

so has anybody else had to send one of these back? whats the ETA for return? :\

TRF512

I've read the Pitbul vs CDC thread a while back and now this thread. Is the CDC really problematic?

My brother is about to sell his Pitbull (the original blue transluscent charger) to raise money for a CDC. I've already pointed out the two threads but he seems to be sold on the bells and whistles that the CDC offers, like the ability to display the discharged capacities and cycling functions...

So is he better off sticking with the pitbull or is the CDC "safe" enough? The cdc is going to cost him about twice the amount he'll be getting for the Pitbull.

BTW, a buddy emailed Eagle regarding his backlight going out and was referred to an LHS, so I'm assuming for now that the CDC is covered for defects at our place. However, if it's true that CDC-charged packs are flat, then the LHS can't help...

Thanks...

JusBox

iTrader: (1)

cdc is fine, i use a 16x5 and have had no issues. batteries have plenty of punch and run time.

Jaybo

69 million years! :P

that's the advantage to buying locally i guess, dont have to post shit overseas for warranty.

shouldnt take more than 1 month though

lee82gx

iTrader: (1)

TRF512:
this is a fine charger.
The packs are not flat they are very powerful.

The earlier versions have the backlighting going out,but i have 2 and the latest one(just 2 months old) seems to run fine without any hitch.
I hope you can take my word that for the price you're paying , there is nothing better out there.

AE Racer

Ive only been getting high 2900s to low 3000s in mah after charging my matched GP 3300s. They probably have a little over 15 runs on each pack. They used to peak at 3400-3500mah during the first 5 or 6 charges and it slowly decreased to where it is now, yet they still peak at the same temp. Could this be because I havent been equalizing my packs? I always discharge them the night before I run them, but I dont have an equalizer.

btw Does anyone else have a problem with the counter? Mine is counting much faster than in minutes.

P2

iTrader: (15)

Go get an equalizing tray and you will see the numbers go back up

CypressMidWest

iTrader: (1)

Equalize your cells, and you'll notice that your packs will take quite a few more mah's.

AE Racer

Any reccomendations on what equalizer I should get? Will I actually notice a diffrence in run time?

Thanks

lee82gx

iTrader: (1)

i use a robitronics tray which is very mild and takes a long time(indefinitely)
but it does a good job of really bringing the voltage down while not dead shorting.
Works best overnight,on race days i don't equalize,in fact i don't even discharge.

I notice that the actual discharge capacity is not really dependent on whether the cells are equalized or not.
However,the amount of charge that goes in is greatly affected.
With equalizing:
1.charge:3800-4100
2.Discharge:2700

Without equalizing:
1.Charge:depends on state,2700-3000
2.Discharge:same

My numbers may look like i have the wrong cut-off but i'm at the mininum,and i charge in warm ambient.

Razoo

iTrader: (3)

I have the integy 16X5V6 charger and I've never had a problem. Its the best charger I've ever owned. I also use the Rayspeed discharging tray. A little pricey but well worth it.

TRF512

YUP..

We got the CDC and for the first few hours of testing we were thinking of selling it right out as we didn't see any improvement on charging compared to the pitbull. We were monitoring the pack voltage with an analog VOM and the displayed voltage differed from the what's displayed by the charger. (we observed the same discrepancy with the Mill Pro, Tekin 112C and Pitbull)

However my brother started smiling when we used the cycle function (first time we have one). We put the cells on a 4x cycle and the cells woke up.

Yesterday we went to the mall and left the charger humming happily... The backlight has no problems although we find the Tones and Fans too loud..

Thanks for the advice guys...