Duratrax Intellipeak Ice DC charger

[hockeyhead019]

hey guys,

looking to get one of these and wanted to know if it was a good value. i'd be using it to charge 2s lipo cells, two of them for my 1/8 scale buggy and just wanted to know if any of you guys have had experience with the charger or know anything about it.

Thanks
-Jim

[sosidge]

Personally speaking I would be looking at a modern LiPo balance charger.

The Ice was a great charger for NiMH when it first came out, and it does charge LiPo.

However it doesn't have an inbuilt balancer like a lot of newer LiPo chargers do, and as far as I know it doesn't have a store mode or any of the other LiPo-specific features. I also don't know how fast it charges - some of the older chargers take a while to charge LiPos because of the way they ramp the current.

I have the Hyperion EOS 0606i which is a solid LiPo charger for the money (my only niggles being that you need to unplug the balance plug between charges if you use the Orion-style charge lead, and that the discharge rate is quite slow if you choose to use Store mode) - Hyperion also do DUO chargers that can charge two packs at a time for your 1/8th.

[Hog]

I use an Intellipeak ICE with a Trakpower balancer - never had any problems. Also use it for charging 4 cell NiMh's for my oval racing.

Really easy to use and to switch between one profile and another. Discharge function and motor run-in too (handy for the old silver can motors).

May not be the newest charger on the market - but certainly a good one in my opinion.

[hockeyhead019]

ok cool cuz i was looking into getting an external balancer b/c i know it doesn't balance while it charges...

@Hog how do you run your charging... for lipos walk me exactly how you charge them (what you hook up how you hook it up and why if there's any reason) i'd really appreciate it cuz i'm not trying to blow up my lipos

Cheers,
-Jim

[Hog]

Providing you know how to set the charger up to charge at 1C, all you have to do is press and hold the button on the TP balancer until the 2 >>'s light up, then set the charger to start charging. Just make sure all the relevant leads are in the right place on the LiPo - red to red, black to black, and the balance port is plugged in too (depending on what LiPo you have you may need to get a different balance lead with the correct socket).

If you're totally unsure PM me and I'll give you my number and give you a "walk-through" while you're on the phone.

It's pretty easy - must be if I can manage it!!!

[hockeyhead019]

ok thats great thanks hog... i'll wait till my stuff gets here and then try it out and see if i have any problems... shouldn't though as that's a pretty solid walkthrough and sounds pretty brain dead... thanks

-Jim