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How is the bc-700 at charging Nimh battery? Does it over/under charge batteries? Is all the readout, information accurate? Is there anything bad about this charger?
How is the bc-700 at charging Nimh battery? Does it over/under charge batteries? Is all the readout, information accurate? Is there anything bad about this charger?
Compared to my Maha C9000, which I bought together, it's about 10% high and will shut down thermally at its highest 700mA setting and even at 500mA.
It's not a bad smart charger, but there are better out there.
It now serves as a spare, or when I need to charge a lot of batteries up quickly.
Chris
Compared to my Maha C9000, which I bought together, it's about 10% high and will shut down thermally at its highest 700mA setting and even at 500mA.
It's not a bad smart charger, but there are better out there.
It now serves as a spare, or when I need to charge a lot of batteries up quickly.
Chris
When you said there better out there, were you referring to the C9000 or is there better than C9000?
I was also looking at the MC3000 but I figure at my experience level it will to much.
By your response I'll guess you recommend the Maha C9000.
Chargers are like potato chips. You can't just have one.
If you're only going to be doing NiMH, then the Maha is fine. If you want the best, the SkyRC is it, if you want good flexible multi-chemistry chargers that can charge up 4 slots fast, the Opus BT-3100/BT-3400 chargers are inexpensive, do decent jobs of charging both types and then the Liitokala Lii 500 Engineer is in the same boat as the Opus.
All of those are 12vdc and can run off a car's cigarette socket, or a 12vdc solar panel in emergencies.
Chris
While I'm still learning about Lithium Ion, I'm going to stick with Nimh. The best options it seems like the Maha C9000, Opus, or the Lii500.
Which one, in your opinion is a better charger the Opus BT-3100/3400 or the Lii500?
My take on Lii-500 and Opus C3100/3400 is:
Lii-500: Simple to use, but has the necessary functions to analyze batteries.
Opus: Much more advanced, but that also makes it more difficult to use.
There are more differences some significant if you look at the details, but the above is the initial question.
If you really want a analyzer that can do everything it is the SkyRC MC3000, but it is expensive and requires a bit of work to learn.
How does the Maha C9000 compare to the Lii500 and to both Opus?
I'm looking for a charger that can charge Nimh batteries, without over or under charging them. Any suggestions?
I have 2 C9000 and one Lii500. I don't have issues with both C9000 which already are 7 years old and are very useful and reliable (1.5 year Lii500), however I don't like the 2A PWM charge mode on all charging rates of C9000. I feel it is actually harsh trying to pump 2A shots especially on AAA format, another "minor" issue some may say it is the two hours top up waiting time to bring AA to full charge and still this is too much (+200mAh) for AAA size. On the other hand Lii500 uses CC charging, so if set to 300mA this is very good for AAA and still more gentle to AA overall. I think HKJ stated Li500 does a very slight undercharge, I don't think this is necessarily a negative or will be noticed in actual usage. Lii500 makes batteries slightly more hot compared to C9000, because of the smaller spacing between the cells and the top up part of C9000. A bonus to Lii500 is also the ability to charge Li-ion (the reason I got this charger) is you ever go that route too.How does the Maha C9000 compare to the Lii500 and to both Opus?
I'm looking for a charger that can charge Nimh batteries, without over or under charging them. Any suggestions?
What about the Gyrfalcon All-44, Has anyone tried this charger? Is it good, bad, durable, accurate?