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Old 08-02-2007, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by razzor
A ckeckpoint TC1030 with addition of a equalizerboard or two would suffice.
I would agree with this.

A good quality charger/discharger and a seperate, basic equalisre tray will be all the battery care equipment you need.

For a long time I used the Much-More Cell Master and the Robitronics board.

I have recently got hold of a Much-More CTX-D, but to be honest I only use it in the same way I used the Robi tray, on the 5A discharge to equalise before the race meeting. The benefit of it over the Robi is basically increased speed of discharge and a little more information about the cells.

Voltage holding equipment is unnecessary. Nickel cells cannot have their voltage "held" without being charged or discharged at the same time, I would rather leave them at rest if they are not being used.
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