New charger??

[all in]

I am wondering something maybe someone will know. I have a supervee and the batteries are in series, do they make a charger that can charge them in series. I hate waiting for both batteries to charge and have not found a dual charger I like. Any ideas if this will work?

[Doby]

Triton 2 can charge them in series.

[Heath M]

If the batteries are NIMH you can either wire them to gether in series and charge as one pack or you can make a piggy tail connector and charge together
http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/proddetail.php?prod=ose-yharness

Heath

[SweetAccord]

All the above is correct. You just need to find a charge that either has a dual output for two packs or one that has a single output but can do cells that are in the range of 12 for two 6 cell packs or 14 cells which is two 7 cell packs for example wired in series via the connector Heath M stated.

Hope that helps.

[all in]

I am looking at the superbrain 989 or 977

[SweetAccord]

The SuperBrain 977 was in my early list initially, but I skipped the 977 and moved up to the 989. The 977 was missing some things that I though was nice to have initially and down the road to make it a last charger purchase. I don't know if you have made the purchase yet or if the 989 may be nicer for you. Below are my reasons why I passed on the 977. Some items you may or may not be aware of; or may not be important to you?

1. No battery memory
2. No Temp cut off
3. 8 NiMH max limit is really low-if you still have NiMH's, but great that it's a dual output!
4. No temp. probe
5. No Cycle modes
6. Trickle charge; but not adjustable?
7. 1-3 Lithium only
8. Charge max rate is only 5 amps
9. No 12v source limit cutoff; not big deal if charging at home, but good out on field
10. No Lipo storage capability
11. Not software capable to display battery health, charge and discharge rate
12. No breakout board for the most popular Lipo connection types
13. Can't charge LiFe chemistries
14. Can't do software updates
15. No built in balancer

Because of comments like: "If you want to charge more than 1 Nimh pack at a time, I like the MRC Superbrain 977. It will charge LiPo, but doesn't do a very good job at it."
http://www.nitrokillers.com/showthread.php?t=1269
http://www.nitrokillers.com/showthread.php?t=1262

and

Orion does not recommend to use an MRC to charge THEIR Lipo batteries.
http://cms.teamorion.com/orion/instructions/ori_fin_li_inst.pdf

I didn't purchase the 989, but if it's in your price range it is a nice charger with great features.

I hope that helps you.