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tino_ale · 04.04.2008, 11:14 AM

As far as I know, the fact that the charger output is not 300W as advertised is not a technical problem that FMA intend to correct. If you read the quotation I have provided, FMA advertises the input power of the charger, which is indeed 300W at maximum (and apparently you need a 15VDC input to reach that power though). The actual output power is not specified, and according to users feedback, it is about 170W at most.

So you basically don't care that FMA is advertising 300W of input power (without saying so) while everyone would expect this number to refer to the output power? If you take Hyperion chargers, they do behave as advertised and there is not tweak about power.

I find this to be a purposely misleading ommission. Where any honest company would have sold the 10C as a 175W charger or 200W at most, they have choosen to sell it as a 300W charger.

Now, that said, if you are aware about the fact that this charger is not a 300W charger and still find it is a good deal, I'm not saying this is a bad charger. I'm just saying FMA hype and vicious communication about it's power limitation sucks.

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tino_ale RC-Monster Stock Offline Posts: 39 Join Date: May 2007	04.04.2008, 11:14 AM As far as I know, the fact that the charger output is not 300W as advertised is not a technical problem that FMA intend to correct. If you read the quotation I have provided, FMA advertises the input power of the charger, which is indeed 300W at maximum (and apparently you need a 15VDC input to reach that power though). The actual output power is not specified, and according to users feedback, it is about 170W at most. So you basically don't care that FMA is advertising 300W of input power (without saying so) while everyone would expect this number to refer to the output power? If you take Hyperion chargers, they do behave as advertised and there is not tweak about power. I find this to be a purposely misleading ommission. Where any honest company would have sold the 10C as a 175W charger or 200W at most, they have choosen to sell it as a 300W charger. Now, that said, if you are aware about the fact that this charger is not a 300W charger and still find it is a good deal, I'm not saying this is a bad charger. I'm just saying FMA hype and vicious communication about it's power limitation sucks.