Best all round charger
 

Hi guys
looking to purhase a new charger
currently looking at the Orion race spec
looks good
but does anybody have an opion on any others
has to charge lipo
and have fans ( because I'm anal about my fans )
and a cool screen
any recomendations

Sam

LRP PULSAR 3:thumbsup:

I was looking at that one
does it have fans ?

Sam

Found this one aswell
http://www.jespares.com/electric-mod...ategory_id=486

Sam

I have a Orion Advantage Ive had it for four years now and its only ever let me down once but that was my fault as I left it on my pit table then it rained and it got wet. But quick repair and it hasnt missed a beat since. Highly reccomend the orion range of chargers.

A

I use an iCharger 206B and love it :)

Matt

Any other opinions ?

Sam

Hyperion EOS 615i Duo 3 is a nice bit of kit. Charges two at once at up to 15a each, 20 memories, balancer built in, store mode, nice screen and has fans ;) that come on only when reqd

very pleased with mine

How much ?
And where can you get them from ?

Sam

i have a core vac40. has all the balance ports to charge any lipo you would use. has the needed fans + can run off 12v or 240v to save you carrying the powersupply, looks cool and only about 75 squids ;)

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Manufa..._RC/CR140.html

I got mine from HK. About £230 with the leads for 2 cell charging

http://media.hyperion.hk/dn/eos/HP-EOS0615iDUO3-L.jpg

http://media.hyperion.hk/dn/eos/

Hi i have one of those for sale as i need one that also charges lead acid batteries, £35 posted if your interested ill send pics.


Damo

Wow quite alot
may aswell get the much more legEnd or that
and yeah pics would be good
pm me with them

Sam

Muchmore legend isn't as well specced as the Hyperion, only charges one at once! Nice charger though :)

Is the eos worth it ?
And where can you get them from ?

Sam

Schumacher icharger 206B

20 Amp charge rate badboy for £90.00 Awesome

Andy

Which charger do you mean exactly? Can't find it on the Schumacher website???

Rich where did you get that eos from ?

Charger here, don't forget you will need two of the 2cell leads shown at the bottom. The icharger others have mentioned here is a good deal of you only need to charge one at once. Don't charge above 1C IMO. Opinions differ but at least you will be future proof. Hyperion have just released some new firmware downloadable on their site too. I haven't done mine as yet.
£230 ish is posted price allowing for duty I had to pay. You can get this charger in the UK but they don't have the 2cell leads as it's primarily sold for model flying. Supposed to be the Rolls Royce of balance chargers.

http://www.rc-mushroom.com/product_i...ducts_id=17264

http://www.progressiverc.com/index.p...emart&Itemid=1

Andy

Hyperion are about to bring out a new charger range, so the older ones are all discounted. Robot Birds are the UK importer and have the whole range of chargers:
http://robotbirds.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=9_268

The 615i duo3 is £189.95, assuming you want 15A charge, probably not much point if you are sticking to 1C charge, unless you are parallel charging.
The 610i duo3 is just the same but only 10A charge. I got the 615 so I can charge 2 x 5Ah packs at 3C.

Remember if you want max output of this charger you will need a 400W+ PSU (30A+ load @13V) or a BIG 12v battery. You can program it to limit to less if your PSU isn't that big.

This might be the correct lead for a corally style pack (probably best to phone and check!):
http://robotbirds.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=9_187_199&products_id=3005

nice chargers
 

Have a look on this site for really good chargers.

http://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.de/index_uk.htm

http://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.d...4-350-f-i4.jpg


got one of these coming this week.

I use set ups from 2s to 14s lipos thou. in cars,planes and large fast electric boats.
software updates on web as well.

I will only be chaRging 12th 1s 3.7 at 5 amps
so the max I will be using is 10 amps at one time
I will also be charging 18th scale batteries
but it can handle them easily

Sam

hmm
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...y_Pack_Charger
how about that one
looks sweet as
and charges 4 at the same time to the max of 6 amps
which is all i need :)

sam