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Old 10-20-2012 | 08:06 PM
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New it was going to happen, leave it to I-Charger to do it!! Taking pre-orders, it will be available first week of December. Im thinking my new Christmas present!!

http://www.progressiverc.com/icharger-4010duo.html

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Old 10-20-2012 | 08:40 PM
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Power Lab 8 FS now

wow that is nice!

I do want to see more specs on this, like battery monitoring, health, conditioning like the PL8 has.

This may be the perfect charger, and for lazy people like me, add a parallel board to each side and charge 4-6 2S packs and 2-4 4s packs at one time!!
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Old 10-21-2012 | 03:05 PM
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http://www.absolutehobbyz.com/images/sch90722.jpg--Schulze Next 14-801 Next Generation Charger II
[SCH90722]
Your Price $589.99

i can not believe this-
but Hey!
ems
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Old 10-21-2012 | 05:16 PM
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That 4010Duo is wild. Really pushing the power limits, for full power a 48V power supply on 240V mains would be required (not everyone would need that though I expect). New high for balancing power too.

I’ve heard the Schulze is a high quality unit, but it's not even close to the iCharger in power.
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Old 10-23-2012 | 04:17 PM
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Power Lab 8 FS now

wow that is nice!

I do want to see more specs on this, like battery monitoring, health, conditioning like the PL8 has.

This may be the perfect charger, and for lazy people like me, add a parallel board to each side and charge 4-6 2S packs and 2-4 4s packs at one time!!
That does look nice! I really like the screen. Not sure how much more power I need than my PL8 though. Already causing lights to flicker at the track when I charge. Seriously, I noticed a few of my saddle pack bullets have started melting the hard case. I think batteris are going to have to cathc up to the power we can put out now.
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Old 10-23-2012 | 04:35 PM
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i came across this awhile ago and then found this post,
the price is what blew me away cost more than my chargers i have for my bigger cars.
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Old 10-23-2012 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Summers
i came across this awhile ago and then found this post,
the price is what blew me away cost more than my chargers i have for my bigger cars.
I noticed that after I posted, my bad. Wonder if the price is something to do with the exchange rate or ? Does seem way out of line.
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Old 10-23-2012 | 06:40 PM
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GFX New was that much way back when
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Old 10-24-2012 | 06:55 PM
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Yea.. the two top dogs back in the day was Competition Electronics and Victor Engineering. Both were close to 5 bills...
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Old 10-24-2012 | 07:04 PM
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At least partially because they had significant discharging power though.
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Old 01-11-2013 | 08:08 PM
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Any cars guys on here got this charger yet? It is now available. Was thinking about ordering one this weekend. Mainly because I want a new toy but also because of the 130w discharge capability.
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Old 01-12-2013 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by kcobra
Any cars guys on here got this charger yet? It is now available. Was thinking about ordering one this weekend. Mainly because I want a new toy but also because of the 130w discharge capability.
Folks are having discharge issues. Still not as good as a gfx..
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Old 01-12-2013 | 06:01 AM
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Too bad that iCharger looks like a game console. For $350 they could have made it look nicer.
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Old 01-12-2013 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Johnnysplits
Too bad that iCharger looks like a game console. For $350 they could have made it look nicer.
Right? LOL Looks like a Super Nintendo or something.
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Old 01-12-2013 | 08:26 AM
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Folks are having discharge issues. Still not as good as a gfx..
What discharge issues? Only issue I have read so far is some firmware connection break issues when an SD card is used in the charger.
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