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06.16.2006, 05:18 PM

The TP 1010C is a very nice charger. What makes it even more nice is that you can match it up with a TP 210V balancer, and the two will interact with each other. With this setup you can actually see the voltage of the individual cells on the 1010C's LCD display. If the pack is out of balance, then the 210V can tell the 1010C to slow down the charge so that the pack will go back into balance. Basically, this setup is foolproof.
The 1010C can do 5s Lipo at 10 amps or 10s Lipo at 5 amps max.

If this were my decision, I'd choose the TP setup. It's safer, and if either the Schulze or the TP needed to be serviced, you'd get the TP back sooner because Schule tends to take longer to service things. The TP repair would also probably be cheaper than Schulze.

Lipos are generally specified to charge at 1C. Some newer Lipos are being advertised as 2C or even 3C charge capable, but this will shorten the life of the pack by a little bit. You could even charge older Lipos at 3C if you wanted. BUT, when charging ANY Lipo at greater than 1C, balance is a bigger issue. Thunder Power reccommends charging their ProLite packs at 3C when using their charger/balancer setup so that none of the cells are allowed to go above 4.20v. FMA does a similar thing with their Scorpion battery/charger setup.


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