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nativepaul · 02:19 PM

Can the terminal voltage be increased as well as lowered? When racing I charge to 4.23v/cell on my current charger and wouldn't want to lose the ability to do so. I had a GT power GT8 which wasn't adjustable and charged to a stated 4.2v/cell but it was inaccurate and that 4.2v was actually 4.185v, when I got a replacement for it I found that there was quite a few extra mAh to be had in the difference between 4.185 and 4.23v/cell, the maximum allowed in the rules I race to.

You mentioned being faster than cellpro 10s chargers, but I thought the cellpro chargers charged the cells individually through the balance leads in the same way, is that not the case? I have 8s packs that I need to charge and was thinking of going with a cellpro 10 so I could charge them quickly whilst other stuff is charging rather than splitting into 4s and taking up both ports of my current charger.

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nativepaul RC-Monster Aluminum Offline Posts: 522 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sussex, England.	03.17.2013, 01:59 PM Can the terminal voltage be increased as well as lowered? When racing I charge to 4.23v/cell on my current charger and wouldn't want to lose the ability to do so. I had a GT power GT8 which wasn't adjustable and charged to a stated 4.2v/cell but it was inaccurate and that 4.2v was actually 4.185v, when I got a replacement for it I found that there was quite a few extra mAh to be had in the difference between 4.185 and 4.23v/cell, the maximum allowed in the rules I race to. You mentioned being faster than cellpro 10s chargers, but I thought the cellpro chargers charged the cells individually through the balance leads in the same way, is that not the case? I have 8s packs that I need to charge and was thinking of going with a cellpro 10 so I could charge them quickly whilst other stuff is charging rather than splitting into 4s and taking up both ports of my current charger. Hot Bodies Lightning 2 Pro carbon, Mega 22/30/2, MMM, 4s3-5Ah. Tamiya F201 carbon, Mamba 7700, MM, 2s A123 2.3ah. Xray XT8, 1518, MMM, 4s5Ah. Lots of boats. fastelectrics.net Last edited by nativepaul; 03.17.2013 at 02:19 PM.