ORIGINAL: Gray Beard
ORIGINAL: oldtyme
I agree with KitBuilder............I only use Nicds in the shop to check something.........I went to NiMh a long time ago and quit worrying about cycling.
I don't cycle them often but next time you buy a new pack cycle it about 4 times and see what happens. At the moment I'm charging three Lipo packs I just bought just in case I may get to go flying this week. I only use the Lipos in my electric planes and I have been giving the A-123s some thought. A lot of the guys I fly with have been using them for a few years and swear by them.
My problem is I have been doing this a very long time and I have about 5 really good chargers for nicad and nimh and only one crappy charger for the new batteries. I have the older triton that doesn't have a a blancer on it. It's also only DC. I'm using the new Triton I borrowed from a friend and really like it, works on everything but only one pack at a time. It's also a very high dollar charger!! It does cost a bit of money to change over.
Gray Beard............first off, so glad to see you back and going flying!!! I only have one charger, the Accucycle Elite and I use a product from Electrifly called the Equinox. You can use this with most chargers for balancing and it only costs $35 from Tower. I don't like Lipos so I'm sticking to NiMh but I have to ask.........I've seen the term A123 and don't know what they are........can you expand. I don't want to mess around with stuff that is iffy or I don't have the charger/cycler for..........tried electircs and hated it!
Thanks,
Andy