SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

[Ferdinando]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

i think this will be very good connection to add on the MC3000

lipo, life
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FJ9H5L8/?tag=cpf0b6-20

I have one. Nice charger, however internal slots only
keeps AA & AAA.
So cannot handle Li 18xxx (for example).
It can handle LiPo with specific connectors (I don't remember type sorry).

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

I have one. Nice charger,

i had in hands at friends. didn't test it. felt cheap literally.

"Nice", really, you like it?? oo:
Would you like to share some photos of your unit or even open a thread?
Just an idea.
Otherwise, here it would be too off-topic i guess.

 

[steph996]

miniz, kyosho, orion, steph, you must be from the rc hobby scene, ben venus in the flashlight world ! :wave:

that's an oem, there is one with fixed bays and one with sliders, i know all about the two, the making folks, and yes both are modeled after the sky chargers. those folks attempted to make a sky-similar universal charger with the goal to offer it cheaper on the market than sky's models. flattering to see that other rc hobby companies felt inspired to develop a similar charger series but imho it's unfortunate that they didn't aim to surpass sky quality. Coke or Pepsi, what's better? :thumbsup:

btw, mc3000 can do life. not lipo because lipo isn't cylindrical.

yep i am from rc, but SKY RC product are very popular and very good on rc hobby, i have 3 e6680 charger.

i am in contact with them and even we don't have solution, i will be happy, because they took time to ask me what happen.

But to add the connection for small lipo, will made the MC3000 as the most versatil and hight quality charger

 

[kreisl]

Thanks fraktl for SN:000908922 added to the list.

MC3000 with broken posts.

SN:000908510
SN:000908347
SN:000863552
SN:000908895
SN:000908922

Anybody Else?

as i heard, Gearbest has issued 20$ partial refunds to their customers with this warranty case (broken pins).

some news. looks like GB is offering for ouch 20$ the upper plastic case warranty replacement part as separate purchase (EDIT: logic demands that this SKU has to be a limited offer), so that even owners who bought their mc3k unit from a different seller can also get easy hold of it, for example as spare part. i am sure that sky factory is sorry about the SN's with poor upper plastic case material quality. most important point is, these replacement parts are built with higher quality plastic material and with improved internal construction and have been extra-tested against mechanical and thermal long-term strain. let me know if you really need to view the improved construction, then i'll see what i can pull up for ya np.

I have a few GB credit points left, so i might order the spare part for my (unbroken!) MC3000 Nov'15 early production unit just to learn what kind of good/bad packaging job GB does with this particular SKU.

 

[Ferdinando]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

i had in hands at friends. didn't test it. felt cheap literally.

"Nice", really, you like it?? oo:
Would you like to share some photos of your unit or even open a thread?
Just an idea.
Otherwise, here it would be too off-topic i guess.

yes Kreisl, with pleasure.
However, just said 'nice', not 'best' or 'better' :laughing:
I have not tested it deep, just charged some NiMh.
When I can, I will open a thread.

Just two images in comparison with MC3K, so I hope to not be too off-topic.

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Great photos, thanks for the contribution!! ( in your post, maybe you could add the physical weight of the Orion. iirc the Orion felt really light weight. like feather. hh )

:twothumbs

 

[MarioJP]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

I wonder about the chargers i got from hke last year. The rails are still working but i notice slot 3 and 4 makes a strange noise when i move the sliders. Only happens on one of the mc3000. Sounds like the spring got cought on to somthing and clicks. Does this every time. Still holds tension. I'm hoping it does not snap

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Sounds like the spring got cought on to somthing

a spring by itself cannot make any noise. agreed. the spring has two ends; 1 end at the pin, 1 end at the slider.
you could check with AAA flashlight, shining at the back of the slider, if the spring end scratches on/against/along the rail when you move the slider. you don't need to open the charger for this check. just with a flashlight looking at the spring end, shining from above, comparing all four slots.
or, the spring coil might indeed scratch along some internal edge when you move the slider. ( for this to check, one would need to open the charger )

@MarioJP, logic demands that this SKU has to be a limited offer. Future buyers of the charger won't ever need to buy the spare part, so i expect the case to disappear from GB website later this year.

 

[MarioJP]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Going to see when i get home. Also, on slot 2 on the other charger. No clicks or popping sounds but the metal plate that's underneath the bay moves as the slider moves. Feels a bit loose and it won't be long before the plate comes out of it's place. So it seems. But so far, still working. What's holding the plate that the slider rests on?

Thanks.

 

[steph996]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Ihi I have to said i just open my MC3000 to see if there is a fuse.

but I can said that the for plastic pin where you screw the back of the charger was open. imaen like the screw are to big and make crac in the plastic. one was completly broken i follow in the charger.

maybe to tight on factory on screw to big.

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

What's holding the plate

you mean the rail?

in a correctly assembled unit the rail is held in place in the x and y-direction through the upper plastic case and in the z-direction through the lower plastic case, which presses against the rail. even if the pin broke (in the old construction), i wouldn't see how the rail could possibly move around.

 

[steph996]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

the small pin on the plate are a little bit to hight for aaa.

not for you

 

[GMUGNIER]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

So does anyone have an idea of when suppliers will be receiving the updated MC3000 with the new plastic pieces/bits?

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

So does anyone have an idea of when suppliers will be receiving the updated MC3000 with the new plastic pieces/bits?

june production. we're entering august in 1 week. the revised mc3000 production units were shipped out in june and are already in stock with retailers world wide. some may carry mixed stock by now but i wouldn't be concerned. i do know an EU seller with unmixed stock but i won't name him in public out of fairness towards all other retailers.
you could always inquire about stock details with your preferred dealer.

 

[light-wolff]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Thanks fraktl for SN:000908922 added to the list.

MC3000 with broken posts.

SN:000908510
SN:000908347
SN:000863552
SN:000908895
SN:000908922

Anybody Else?

EDIT: how come the serial number is so high, they only make the MC3000 in batches of 200, are other models of SkyRC charger`s included in this serial number?

You can add mine to the list, SN:008683611

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

You can add mine to the list

oh no, sorry to hear!!

when and from where did you get yours btw?
i hope warranty service of your seller will help, fingers crossed!

 

[TinderBox (UK)]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Thanks light-wolff for SN:008683611 added to the list.

MC3000 with broken posts.

SN:000908510
SN:000908347
SN:000863552
SN:000908895
SN:000908922
SN:008683611

 

[light-wolff]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

when and from where did you get yours btw?

Gearbest, ordered 2014-12-23.

 

[kreisl]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Gearbest you say? thx for info.
i am seeing some light at the horizon, see my earlier post about GB procedure.

 

[LiteTheWay]

Re: SkyRC — IFA 2014 / CES 2016 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

Thanks again for all your hard work here kreisl.

Could you give us the serial number from which the June production with all the bits fixed begins? That would not identify any particular seller but would allow us to ask any seller what serial numbers they are selling and so promote getting 'old/potentially defective' units sent back to SkyRC or at least not sold (to us here anyway).

june production. we're entering august in 1 week. the revised mc3000 production units were shipped out in june and are already in stock with retailers world wide. some may carry mixed stock by now but i wouldn't be concerned. i do know an EU seller with unmixed stock but i won't name him in public out of fairness towards all other retailers.
you could always inquire about stock details with your preferred dealer.