ORIGINAL: jcvt
After reading all possibles posts in all the Internet forums, I got two conclusions:
1)Wall chargers can be used to charge both 4 & 5 cell NiMH.
2)Wall chargers can´t be used to charge both 4 & 5 cell NiMH.
Why so many opinions with this topic!!
There are many old school stories spread around by a few who know a little about many things,
but have never actuially spent time within the particular industry nor been qualified to talk about it.
Reason for variance in performance was explained in the article attached previous post.
The many different chargerswere not built to the same standards.
e.g. Those prior to switchmmode regulator typesprovided by Futaba were ofmuch cheaper constructionthan those
included with the JRsystems.
Chargers alsovaried between countries as with many systems,each distributor would buy in chargers from a company in Korea or Taiwan
to suit the sockets, voltages and by laws of their own country and simply stick say a Futaba labelon the charger being their right
as the authorised distributor. No known brand has ever manufactured their own chargers.
Alan T.