On Friday 07 December 2007 16:00, Olle wrote: > A word about chargers. I have come to be suspicious about cheap > quick-chargers after one melted down and almost caught fire. I prefer to > use a slow charger, that charges the batterys over night. Tests made by the US Navy have proved that slow-charging NiCads is really bad, and they should be empty when charging (if not you should cycle them once)! Robbe Infinity (in the US sold as Aveox) and Litco Alpha 4 (which you have to pre-order, on the days they are on the market - just a few days per year) are two classic chargers (the Infinity having gone through many upgrades through the years). Naturally I have an Infinity, as well as a Sirius Smart Charger, the latter better suitable for smaller, more delicate, cells, and smaller packs! The latest addition to my range is a Swalllow charger, a French unit that can charge, discharge, and cycle, just about anything, SLAs, NiCads, NiMHs and LiPos. My old Infinity can't handle SLAs, nor LiPos (which weren't invented in those heady flying days in the latter part of the 20'th century), but it can handle really big packs (twice as big as the Swallow). More cumbersome than the Swallow, being much bigger, which makes it less portable! 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/ ***************************************************************************
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