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rchippie
04-16-2010, 08:29 PM
Hobby city has a new charger listed .

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=11170

m4a1usr
04-16-2010, 09:21 PM
I wonder how accurate the ratings are? 6S at 6amps x 4 charging ports would be over 500 watts for the charger. I dont see a fan or some large cooling ports for ventilation so I am a bit doubtful of the rating. 24 amps in such a small package could generate some heat.

John

Rumdog
04-16-2010, 09:29 PM
I like my Turnigy charger!

sailr
04-16-2010, 09:32 PM
this is a great charger!

http://www.hobbypartz.com/thac6smbachw.html

It has a power supply for AC built in. Charger is $55 and shipping only $4.95 and it's here in the states! If something goes wrong it won't cost more to return it than it cost! I've had to throw away stuff from Hobbyking that was defective because it didn't make sense to pay more to return it than it cost. Hobbyking knows this!

LiPo Power
04-16-2010, 10:04 PM
...$99.00 that is supercool....

Check this one also:
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=10327



Hobby city has a new charger listed .

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=11170

Rumdog
04-16-2010, 10:19 PM
OOOOHH, may be time for an upgrade!

m4a1usr
04-16-2010, 10:26 PM
...$99.00 that is supercool....

Check this one also:
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=10327

That one is at least a little more realistic and I can believe 2.2 amps on 6S in that package. And it has 2 fans as well.

So how about it guy's. You that have one how about showing us it charging four 6S packs at 6amps each. This I want to see. :popcorn2:

John

Rumdog
04-16-2010, 10:35 PM
Where does it say 6 amps? Am I missing something?

Jeepers
04-16-2010, 11:59 PM
My friend bought the Hobby King quattro, it looks like a nice charger.

Jeepers
04-17-2010, 12:06 AM
Where does it say 6 amps? Am I missing something?

at the bottom of the description, it says "Maximum Charge Current per port":6amps

NativePaul
04-17-2010, 06:02 AM
I would guess that's a 50 watt charger per channel, 6A max but only being able to hit that on low cell counts with the current tapering off as the cell count increases, just like my Hyperion 1210s which can do 12s and 10A but being 180watts max not 10A at 12s.

blackcat26
04-17-2010, 09:30 AM
The first review on the Hobby King site the guy wrote down estimated amperage for whatever "s" pack used. I'd guess if it did 6amps a port, it would be strictly on 2s batteries. My turnigy charger (Accucell 6) Slaps in 5a on 2s then drops to 4.3a or so on the 3s batts.

Brushless55
04-17-2010, 11:07 AM
my guess is 6A per port, but if charging 4 6s packs you will only see 1.5A per port for a total of 6A charging :confused2:

Jeepers
04-17-2010, 11:14 AM
I think there basing the output on the input voltage which they have listed as a 12v car battery.

LiPo Power
04-17-2010, 12:39 PM
I think we have BINGO here!!!!




my guess is 6A per port, but if charging 4 6s packs you will only see 1.5A per port for a total of 6A charging :confused2:

NativePaul
04-17-2010, 02:56 PM
I can't see it, there are so many cloned chinese 50W chargers going cheap that doing anything other than wacking 4 of them in one box wouldnt be worth the R&D costs, and as I have only seen these from china it would actually be there own R&D costs not someone elses that they cloned.
I expect 6A@1s, 6A@2s, 4A@3s, 3A@4s, 2.4A@5s and 2A@6s or thereabouts per port regardless of what the other ports are doing.

HappyOne
04-21-2010, 01:58 PM
I couldn't resist and ordered one last night :bounce:

And to think I was razzing Doby about having too many chargers...oh well, he does have too many.

Anyone got and used their yet?

Doby
04-21-2010, 03:05 PM
I ordered a Quattro charger from them last week, just before this one came out!. Oh Well.

It was only a matter of time Happy.....