daymo Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Hi guys, Im in need of a new charger for charging various lipos but will mainly be used for some 4600mha 2s for my 1/10 buggy at my local track, i fancy a touch operated one something of good quality been looking at these, any user input or recommendations?? Thanks Damon https://www.modelsport.co.uk/etronix-powerpal-touch-90w-ac-dc-performance-charger-euro-plug-/rc-car-products/412852 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/skyrc-t6755-charger-7a-55w-ac-dc-touch-screen/rc-car-products/385253 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/orion-advantage-touch-v2-charger-55w-6s-7a/rc-car-products/388547 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/overlander-rc6-vsr-80watt-7a-output-ac-dc-charger/rc-car-products/408440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, daymo said: Hi guys, Im in need of a new charger for charging various lipos but will mainly be used for some 4600mha 2s for my 1/10 buggy at my local track, i fancy a touch operated one something of good quality been looking at these, any user input or recommendations?? Thanks Damon https://www.modelsport.co.uk/etronix-powerpal-touch-90w-ac-dc-performance-charger-euro-plug-/rc-car-products/412852 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/skyrc-t6755-charger-7a-55w-ac-dc-touch-screen/rc-car-products/385253 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/orion-advantage-touch-v2-charger-55w-6s-7a/rc-car-products/388547 For the lack of power those have imo they're a bit of a rip-off. The overlander 80w that Stretch suggested is about the best and most popular budget charger. Next choice for 2s for me would be - http://www.acrodrones.co.uk/product/skyrc-d100-acdc-balance-charger/ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SkyRC-D100-AC-DC-Battery-Charger-Dual-Balance-Discharger-2-6-Cells-for-RC-Models-/302262548447?_trksid=p2349526.m2548.l4275 Just enough power (50w per channel on the AC) to do 2 of yours at once although if you ever go to a single 4s it won't be enough You'd actually be fine with a couple of the cheaper Imax B6. If only you'd asked a few months back, prices have gone pathetic now I'll stick to my DC 1000w beasts & psu's with para boards Edited September 23, 2017 by dazp1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimto2000 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I've got the skyRC q200, which is a bit more but definitely quality bit of kit, if you're only after a dual I would second the skyRC d100 but the v2! I got mine off gearbest! Works flawlessly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) The Q200 is £140+ nowadays too If the batteries are all the same size and cell count and you'll always stay with equal sizes I'd look into parallel charging myself. It's pretty straight forward with a higher power charger (110w+) Or... you can also charge 2x2s of same capacity as a single 4s with a series lead . That's where I started and it worked excellent, cut your charge times literally in half if you do them one at a time https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-350w-25a-power-supply-100v-120v.html https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-reaktor-pro-350w-23a-power-supply-100-240v-ac.html https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-540w-220-240v-power-supply-13-8v-18v-30amp.html https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-reaktor-250w-10a-1-6s-balance-charger.html and then whatever para board you need. Much more bang for buck and you'd only be running it at 40% with 2 lipo's on at 1C Or just go with 2 Overlanders. I avoid AC chargers as they initial outlay is high. If they break you have the same outlay again and there isn't really one powerful enough for my 6s at 1C anyway. With psu + DC you still have the initial outlay but if one goes the outlay is only half this time. Edited September 24, 2017 by dazp1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) If you want dual and slightly more wattage 2x100 go with the overlander https://www.modelsport.co.uk/chargers/rc-car-categories/9920/992030&CID=USD&MSAttributeID[34]=616&MSAttributeID[35]=886&MSAttributeID[101]=1051&MSAttributeID[36]=629&p_min=59.00&p_max=123.49&ManufacturerID=1160 People have reported issue with touchscreen models so don't let the limit your choice. Edited September 24, 2017 by stretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 56 minutes ago, stretch said: If you want dual and slightly more wattage 2x100 go with the overlander https://www.modelsport.co.uk/chargers/rc-car-categories/9920/992030&CID=USD&MSAttributeID[34]=616&MSAttributeID[35]=886&MSAttributeID[101]=1051&MSAttributeID[36]=629&p_min=59.00&p_max=123.49&ManufacturerID=1160 People have reported issue with touchscreen models so don't let the limit your choice. Touch screens are iffy indeed by the sounds of it. Nice option. However if you read the blurb you only get 1x100 or 2x50 on the AC. 2x100 can only be achieved on DC with a separate psu. Be alright with 2s though. You have to read a scrutinise every detail with these things. The way they market some of them is a bit of a con and you'll end up disappointed. I still say for normal AC charging get an Overlander RC6 80w for each lipo if you want to do more than one. Or Go bigger with a para board if lipo's are all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLLiE Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Just a thought , do any of the suggested chargers do discharge plus , or does anybody know of a cheapish charger that does this mode . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 34 minutes ago, WiLLiE said: Just a thought , do any of the suggested chargers do discharge plus , or does anybody know of a cheapish charger that does this mode . What is discharge plus never heard of it? Do you mean storage mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 hour ago, dazp1976 said: Touch screens are iffy indeed by the sounds of it. Nice option. However if you read the blurb you only get 1x100 or 2x50 on the AC. 2x100 can only be achieved on DC with a separate psu. Be alright with 2s though. You have to read a scrutinise every detail with these things. The way they market some of them is a bit of a con and you'll end up disappointed. I still say for normal AC charging get an Overlander RC6 80w for each lipo if you want to do more than one. Or Go bigger with a para board if lipo's are all the same. Yeah I nearly fell into the trap a while ago until I read the small print and it said on ac output was lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLLiE Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 13 minutes ago, stretch said: What is discharge plus never heard of it? Do you mean storage mode? No it’s a mode where you can tell the charger to monitor the external discharge , ie making the battery discharge into an array of say light bulbs , or resistors so the unused fully charged battery discharges through them , and the charger monitors the packs cell voltage and then stops the battery from going below storage charge , so putting back to storage charge instead of leaving the battery at full charge , the battery can be discharged a lot faster as the built in discharger has limited discharge capacity . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, WiLLiE said: Ah fair enough never heard of that mode or seen any chargers with mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, WiLLiE said: No it’s a mode where you can tell the charger to monitor the external discharge , ie making the battery discharge into an array of say light bulbs , or resistors so the unused fully charged battery discharges through them , and the charger monitors the packs cell voltage and then stops the battery from going below storage charge , so putting back to storage charge instead of leaving the battery at full charge , the battery can be discharged a lot faster as the built in discharger has limited discharge capacity . Only heard of "regenerative discharge" where you can discharge into an external source like a bigger battery or resistor rig at high rates. Don't think the ones above would do that. Looking at the bigger 600w+ units for things like that I reckon. I think my Turnigy mega 1000 might do this (haven't looked), the skyrc ultimate 1000 definitely does. Most 50-100w units can only handle 5-10w on discharge which takes all day. Ends up running at 0.3A flat out for a 6s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLLiE Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 minute ago, dazp1976 said: Only heard of "regenerative discharge" where you can discharge into an external source like a bigger battery or resistor rig at high rates. Don't think the ones above would do that. Looking at the bigger 600w+ units for things like that I reckon. I think my Turnigy mega 1000 might do this (haven't looked), the skyrc ultimate 1000 definitely does. Most 50-100w units can only handle 5-10w on discharge which takes all day. Ends up running at 0.3A flat out for a 6s Yes daz same thing , it’s just the charger controls the cut off voltage , ive not seen any cheaper chargers that do this , just wondered if anybody had seen one about . the turnigy reactor quadcore 1200w does this . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daymo Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 A lot of info to read through here, how come you get better output on the dual charges when running via DC? I was a little unsure on the touch screen as worried it might get damaged while in pit box & in transit just seemed like a nice convenient feature since most things are touch these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimto2000 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 5 hours ago, dazp1976 said: The Q200 is £140+ nowadays too That's a bummer, at that price my LHS was a better bet! Bmm had the d100 for about 85 last time I went in! And they had a little wiggle on the price to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Not much on ebay either. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Overlander-Rc6-vsp-Charger-/322757510416?hash=item4b25d8c510:g:yj8AAOSwAj5Zv9we I fancied trying one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Power-UP240AC-DUO-240W-LiPo-NIMH-NiCd-Battery-RC-Drone-Balance-Lipo-Charger/152629997853?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D47510%26meid%3D8b50172dcb7e40268636f351edaa2661%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D372010701739&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Edited September 24, 2017 by dazp1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daymo Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 I think I've decided on this https://www.modelsport.co.uk/skyrc-d100-v2-ac-dc-dual-balance-charger/rc-car-products/421359 Then at track i can charge via AC with output of 50w per channel & i assume 100w to 1 channel if only 1 in use? Then at home via a PSU 2 x 100w should do everything i need & more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimto2000 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 If you still haven't bought it...check out gearbest for the SkyRC q200 https://www.gearbest.com/multi-rotor-parts/pp_366278.html £115 at the moment! I bought mine from there a few weeks ago for £125! Bargain price! However, the D100 v2 is a pretty decent kit as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit_bulldog Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 The Orion charger is very nice, touch screen works fine. good back up in UK if you have a problem, they swapped my old charger when it failed previous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daymo Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 I bought the Sky Rc D100 V2 seems pretty good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimto2000 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Have you used the phone app yet? I find it much easier to use that to start charging my batteries esp as I've got them all stored in the program menu now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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