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Old 02-02-2007 | 09:07 PM
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Default RE: balancing charger

teamchrome, here's what I did.

I bought two LiPo Balance Chargers (VEN-0653) from [link=http://www.venom-group.com/]Venom Group[/link]. They include A/C adaptors and are less expnsive than buying a stock E-flite units and adding an A/C adapter. The Venom chargers have the same sockets and polarity as the stock chagers, so everything works perfectly with no modifications.

Beside lower cost, here's another nice feature - they charge at a slightly higher rate than the stock chargers. It isn't much higher, but it seems to decrease charge times by 20-30 minutes.

If you don' want to go that route, just pick up a second stock charger as long as you have multiple batteries. Just by doing that, you essentially cut your charging time in half.

There are faster (and more expensive) chargers available, but because of the volatile nature of LiPo batteries, I personally would stay away from any charger that is capable of high current charging, or charging additional battery types like NiCd or NiMh.

I'd really hate to burn down the house because I set some stupid switch on my charger to the wrong position!

Don