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Old 08-09-2014 | 10:57 PM
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Currently have a Hitec X4 ac/dc that does a great job of charging all my lipo receiver packs. Now that I'm getting into the electric side of the house I'm looking for a charger that will do a good job of charging these larger 4s hard packs (5000-7000mAh). From a previous post I have concluded that my current charger would take quite a while to charge up these packs so Im looking for something with more juice. What do you guys recommend? I'm open to needing a power supply also.
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iCharger series. I have the 308 Duo and it's a great charger. It does require a power supply.

http://www.progressiverc.com/charger...age=1&top=446&
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I use a powerlab pl6 with a power supply from http://feathermerchantrc.com this combo works awesome
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Old 08-10-2014 | 03:38 PM
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iCharger series. I have the 308 Duo and it's a great charger. It does require a power supply.

http://www.progressiverc.com/charger...age=1&top=446&
+1 great charger!!!
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Old 08-10-2014 | 10:56 PM
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iCharger, but 206/208 model. Very small but still powerful. Anyway you should have cooldown period for your packs making 2-channel charger useless at the track.
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Old 08-10-2014 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by one8updragracer
I use a powerlab pl6 with a power supply from http://feathermerchantrc.com this combo works awesome
Yep, best charger on the market IMO.

I went thru 2 iChargers before ending up with this combo.
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+1 for iCharger 308 duo
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Old 08-12-2014 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by vandalzzz
iCharger, but 206/208 model. Very small but still powerful. Anyway you should have cooldown period for your packs making 2-channel charger useless at the track.
Blah. Someone is still living in the NiXX days...
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Old 08-12-2014 | 08:50 PM
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That junsi 308 or 406 chargers look amazing. Just make sure you have a power supply that can power it. You can parallel charge same cel count on each side, ie up to 6 2s packs on one port at 40 amps if you have the adapters. Check out the site listed above www.progressiverc.com
Red Rock Hobbies beats their prices though
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Old 08-17-2014 | 07:06 AM
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Not trying to hijack the thread... But I have a similar situation with the X4 AC charger... My question is - Can you use an external power supply with a higher amp/wattage to speed up the charger... Since it's limited to 50w per charge lead on AC current?

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Old 08-17-2014 | 07:27 AM
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Not trying to hijack the thread... But I have a similar situation with the X4 AC charger... My question is - Can you use an external power supply with a higher amp/wattage to speed up the charger... Since it's limited to 50w per charge lead on AC current?

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I don't think so, believe it's 50 watts per on both AC and DC.

There are some chargers that are capable of higher power on DC than AC, but I don't believe this is one of them.
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