The PIPE
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Joined: 10/5/2002
From: Weymouth,
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Dear Fellow RCU'ers:
The PIPE Here, yet again-and even though I DO have two VERY nice SuperNova chargers, there MIGHT be just enough financial room in my budget in the New Year-the CENTENNIAL OF BIPLANE FLIGHT New Year  -to pick up a Triton charger around the beginning of summer.
I've downloaded the Adobe Acrobat file of the Triton charger's manual, and though I haven't had any time to check it out closely yet, some of the nice features-like the "jog dial" to set your parameters, a discharge current that can run as low as 100 mA, and even some NICE NiMH-specific features that seem to leave the SuperNova just a bit "wanting" in that particular department.
However, as I use a 2 volt lead acid battery, running through a germanium power transistor P-N junction (in that homebuilt glow igntion boxed rig of mine that I call the "The German-ium Secret Glowplug Weapon"  to reduce the voltage down to "just the right voltage" for great starts on all my four strokes, my two SuperNovas still have an important place in my support gear collection (The Triton can't handle  a 2 volt lead acid battery-only 6, 12 and 24 volt setups!)
Perhaps, by the time the 2004 WRAMS Show rolls around, I'll have TWO Triton chargers as well..providing I'm not trying to charge four electroflight batteries at once, the 23 amp  output 12 volt Radio Shack-sourced power supply I have for powering my SuperNovas will ALSO be running my Triton(s) for radio battery charging and maintenance without breaking a sweat!
It sure DOES look like a good, and VERY versatile, charger-and I'll TRY to see if I can get it from my LHS by May or June, as he's a Great Planes distributor!
But with ALL the nice chargers out there, it's VERY hard to understand WHY someone would want to waste their time in the "Al-phuh-Fore" allocation game-most fliers just don't have to charge FOUR batteries at once for just ONE plane's airborne radio power needs, like these guys running "upwards of quadcycle-engine sized" one third, 40% and even ONE HALF SCALE monster aerobatic models with upwards of four battery packs in them! THOSE things SCARE me...  ...I'll just stick to my four stroke models, thank you-and use my SuperNovas, and perhaps a Triton or two in the near future, for my charging needs!
Yours Sincerely,
The PIPE!
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Triton vs. SuperNova - 
You might consider - 
for the price of the alpha 4 you can have the low-end schulze 330, and have $80 left over, plus have a lot more capabilities. The alpha 4 was great for what was intended, and when it was designed, but it's out of date and overpriced considering other things that are available now. About the only "advantage" it would have is the 4 ports, but,.. using those all at once limits you to a 250mah rate per port, so you could just spend $40 on wall warts and do the same job.
