Ripmax Pro Peak Supernova charger?

[leighriley75]

Hello all
Does anybody have any experience of these chargers?
http://www.ripmax.com/Images/PDF_Fil..._Manual_LR.pdf
At the moment I have a BMI Ultrapeak 5a:
http://www.bmi-models.com/site/index.php?i=405
and I'm using Sanyo 2600 Ni-mhs.
I was looking to buy a separate discharger just to try and condition the packs, but the Pro Peak has an integrated discharger. The BMI is a fairly basic charger with no bells and whistles, so will it be worth trading up to the more complex Ripmax? Are there any false-peaking issues when using Ni-mhs on the Ripmax?

P.S. I had a great first nights racing at York a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to Loose, Von Dutch, Brett and everybody else who said hello!

Cheers

Leigh

[mark christopher]

super nova only has 3 amp discharge and despite it say it will charge nimh its not kind to them as it uses i belive a pulse charge and not linier.

[Medders]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

super nova only has 3 amp discharge and despite it say it will charge nimh its not kind to them as it uses i belive a pulse charge and not linier.

I'm pretty sure its linear mate, certainly in Nimh mode.

I've got one and it seems to be a fine basic charger for inexpensive cells, although when I get some fancy cells I'll probably get a fancier charger as well. A bit awkward to use but once you have the hang of it its fine.

The discharge works fine but at 3 amps is slow, and once its discharged it starts charging again automatically after a short pause which is a pain.

[mark christopher]

ok dont belive me then.

ask yourself why no top racer uses this charger on thier nimh cells!

[Medders]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

ok dont belive me then.

ask yourself why no top racer uses this charger on thier nimh cells!

because its a basic entry level charger perhaps??

[Medders]

just checked again and the NIHM mode is most definatley linear on this charger.

[Col]

I'd heard a similar rumour mentioned about my middle of the road pro peak charger. This rumour was rubbish as well...

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Medders

just checked again and the NIHM mode is most definatley linear on this charger.

where are you finding that out then?

the manual page 2 http://www.ripmax.com/Images/PDF_Fil..._Manual_LR.pdf
tells me its charge current/ manual mode/ pulsed

[Medders]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

where are you finding that out then?

the manual page 2 http://www.ripmax.com/Images/PDF_Fil..._Manual_LR.pdf
tells me its charge current/ manual mode/ pulsed

yes, and if you look this is under trickle charge, and under the nimh mode it doesn't even trickle charge.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Medders

yes, and if you look this is under trickle charge, and under the nimh mode it doesn't even trickle charge.

my printed instructions dont have it under trickle.
so where exactly does it say it does linier then? and where are you getting that info from?

im quiet happy to be proved wrong!

[leighriley75]

Many thanks for the replies guys. As it happens, I didn't get the charger anyway, so will stick with my BMI for now.
Cheers, Leigh.

[bigchris]

hi
i had 2 , both made my cells old before there time , i dont believe the claims of it being linear too , cells got too hot for my liking too
chris