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Old 08-01-2009
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Default 2C / 10 amp charger?

Anyone know of a charger thatn can charge a 4900 or 5400 rate at 2C (which trakpower claim is fine for the first 95% of the charge on their lipo packs).

Even the Bantam 6c which is fairly pricey has a max of 6.8 amps, whereas a 5400 at 2C requires 10.8 amps! Trakpowers own charger is limited to 5 amps as are most others I've seen.
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This is close, topping out at 10A:

http://www.aurorra.co.uk/aurv2/productDetails.php?id=11

It was recently reviewed in either Radio Race Car or Racer (get both and can't remember!)
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Thanks for the link. Reading that, its dawning on me that the limit is possibly power supplies here as the bantam is only 5amps from its internal 240 supply. I guess a 30A power supply is going to cost > 100 quid itself.

So back to the drawing board on this one
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why would you want to charge at 2c???!!! A 4900 or 5400 would last 2 runs without charge inbetween easy in a 4wd and you should have plenty of time to top up inbetween runs...? Charging at 2c isnt going to have any real benfits... more likely to have an accident!
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For bashing as well as racing!
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theres really no need to charge at that rate or waste money on chargers/power supplies, 1c is fine dude especially if just bashing, from near flat it only takes around an hour to get a full charge that will last ages...
just get another lipo if you want more runtime... would be less costly
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