what charger

[pwilli]

Hello Everybody,

This is my first post on this forum. Iam switching over from gas to electric. What would the best charger to buy with the balancer built in. Thanks for your time

Paul

[Alfa Spirit]

FlyRC IMAX B8 is a very good deal

Operating voltage range:10.0~18.0 Volt
Circuit power: max. 150W
Charge current range: 0.1~7.0A
Discharge current range: 0.1~5.0A
Current drain for balancing Li-po: 300mAh / cell
NiCd / NiMH battery cell count: 1~27 cells
Lithium battery cell count: 1~8 Series
Pb battery voltage:2 to 36V

[pwilli]

Thanks for your time Alfa Spirit
Would the B6 be fine Iam going to run 2s 40c 5000 lipos. I see the B8 does not have a spot for 2cell

[detox]

Hyperion chargers are the most popular. I have two Hyperion AC/DC 606 chargers.

http://media.hyperion.hk/dn/eos/

http://www.allerc.com/index.php?cPath=9


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[pwilli]

Thank you

[rc_speed]

I am using the turnigy charger from hobbycity.com which will balance charge 4 packs at a time. It is only DC, so you need a power source and the power source needs to be able to feed it at least 20 amps to charge 4 packs at 5 amps each (if you use 5000mah batteries). It does not come with instructions and you need to also buy the adapters to match those used with your battery. BUT, it is really nice to be able to charge 4 packs at a time.

tim

[Alfa Spirit]

I bought my IMAX B8 here : http://cgi.ebay.com/iMax-B8-LCD-Lipo...item19bc008135

You can download instruction manual here for more informations

http://rcworldwide.com/others/imax/imax-b8_menu.pdf

[Diesel6401]

I run the following chargers and like all of them and the all do the job great.

http://www.allerc.com/product_info.p...oducts_id=3367 ( for charging either 2 3s, 3 2s or 2 2s pack at the same time http://www.hobbyhot.com/flyermate-mu...-pr-1679.html?

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVRS6&P=ML

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=7028 (this requires a power supply) (for charging 2 3s packs at same time with the this charger http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=10993)

[pwilli]

Thanks guys for all the great tips.

[FighterCat57]

I have two of these, they have worked great;

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

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[Diesel6401]

I have two of these, they have worked great;
http://www.hobbypartz.com/thac6smbachw.html

I've been looking at those for a 4th charger, but wasn't sure I wanted to try it out. Good to know another member has one and likes it. I will look into one of those.

[dana]

diesel. i just got the thunder ac6 too. they do it all. very nice charger, especially for the price. why people overpay for chargers that do the same thing as this one ill never know. comes with a bunch of plugs and adaptors too

[pwilli]

Thanks I just order the thunder ac6.
Thanks for all the help guys.
Paul