Battery Charger

Discussion in 'Electrical & Radio' started by tgalx3, Feb 16, 2010.

  1. tgalx3

    tgalx3 Well-Known Member

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    I am looking for a good battery charger that will charge my ship batteries (6v 8.2amp) and my transmitter batteries (Turnigy AA LSD 2200mah) at the same time. I have two ship batteries and 8 radio batteries. They all don't have to be charges at the same time. Maybe one ship battery and 2 radio batteries at the same time. Some sort of combination like that.
     
  2. Kotori87

    Kotori87 Well-Known Member

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    Strike Models has a very nice battery charger. It needs a 12v power supply, but those can be found cheap at your local electronic surplus store. This battery charger will handle any battery you've got.
    http://www.strikemodels.com/products/batteries-and-battery-chargers/
     
  3. tgalx3

    tgalx3 Well-Known Member

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    It looks like it doesnt have a place to charge AA batteries
     
  4. GregMcFadden

    GregMcFadden Facilitator RCWC Staff

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    there are exactly zero quality chargers that take cell batteries. if you need to charge loose cells, you will have to find a battery holder to put them in and then connect that to the charger.
     
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    Hey that is a real deal and looks like it will fit my needs very well, Thanks Strike Models, I will order two very soon,
    Carl
     
  6. wrenow

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    The one from Strike looks to be a really good one, and is similar to one that I have.
    Another one that bears a look is the Triton series.
    However, my current fave iw my Hyperion 6061 - it runs on either AC or 12vDC and is pretty darned smart. Handles LiPo and LiFePO4 as well as NiCd, MiMH, SLA, and others.

    Cheers,
     
  7. eljefe

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    Am I reading the description right? This charger has no power source? Not even a plug for an AC outlet?
     
  8. Kotori87

    Kotori87 Well-Known Member

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    Like the Triton and many other field chargers, the one from Strike Models is designed to clip onto a car battery. You can buy power supplies that convert from wall power to 12vDC, or spoof a computer power supply into doing the same thing.