On Sunday 09 December 2007 08:30, alex wrote: > > This is the charger I've used for years (over a decade), recommended > > by pros - and as yet no pack has died on me: > > > > http://www.nesail.com/detail.php?productID=2186 > > > > A bit expensive, but very good, US-made, and foolproof! > > Tord, it is really expensive, but I'm worried about their claim of 10 > minutes time. Maha C401 charger, referred to in another post, has 2 > modes - gentle and fast (the latter with higher current apparently), and > they recommend using "fast" only when you are really in hurry, because > it shortens battery life by some undetermined amount of time. And this > "fast" mode of Maha is still 100 minutes, - not 10. (Gentle mode takes 5 > hours). It appears that Maha and their Powerex batteries are quite at > the cutting edge, so they must be at least partially right. I definitely think this ten minute claim can't be sponsored by Peak - I usually have my small packs connected overnight :-)! Can't claim the Sirius is a really fast charger (even if it is a fast charger, very different to trickle chargers, like the wall chargers we have a lot of today), like some of those available today, but it sure gets the most out of your batteries! Here's Peak's text: http://www.siriuselectronics.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=10 Nothing about 10 minutes here :-)! NSP is entirely to blame! Tord *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Dec 09 2007 - 04:07:45 PST
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