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BrianG · 07:28 PM

Well, there are a few chargers other than the nice one Squee mentioned:

- Thunder Power 101D with the TP210 balancer. Expensive though and only does LiPo. 10s up to 10A. ~$300.

- Hyperion EOS 7i. Nice, relatively inexpensive charger. 5s or up to 25 NiMH cells @ 7A (with a 120watt maximum). The new LBA10 balancer is nice. Will balance up to 6s and 10A. ~$155

Both the models above require a 11-15v DC power supply, so if you plan on charging at home on 120V AC, you'll need a 120v AC to 12V DC ~20A converter. You can get a specialtly power supply, or some (including me) have modded a normal computer power supply for this since they are fairly cheap and have pretty hefty 12v rails.

I originally got the TP charger, but only once it arrived did I realize it only does Lipo (for some reason I didn't read the description well enough and assumed it did NiMH). I exchanged it for the Hyperion EOS 7i and LBA12 balancer and it costs less. Bishop Power Products (b-p-p.com) is having a sale ending today (7-30) for 5% off orders and free shipping. From my single experience, they are easy to work with and returned the TP charger even though it was not defective and totally my fault for not reading the description. Good communication too.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	07.30.2006, 07:25 PM Well, there are a few chargers other than the nice one Squee mentioned: - Thunder Power 101D with the TP210 balancer. Expensive though and only does LiPo. 10s up to 10A. ~$300. - Hyperion EOS 7i. Nice, relatively inexpensive charger. 5s or up to 25 NiMH cells @ 7A (with a 120watt maximum). The new LBA10 balancer is nice. Will balance up to 6s and 10A. ~$155 Both the models above require a 11-15v DC power supply, so if you plan on charging at home on 120V AC, you'll need a 120v AC to 12V DC ~20A converter. You can get a specialtly power supply, or some (including me) have modded a normal computer power supply for this since they are fairly cheap and have pretty hefty 12v rails. I originally got the TP charger, but only once it arrived did I realize it only does Lipo (for some reason I didn't read the description well enough and assumed it did NiMH). I exchanged it for the Hyperion EOS 7i and LBA12 balancer and it costs less. Bishop Power Products (b-p-p.com) is having a sale ending today (7-30) for 5% off orders and free shipping. From my single experience, they are easy to work with and returned the TP charger even though it was not defective and totally my fault for not reading the description. Good communication too. Last edited by BrianG; 07.30.2006 at 07:28 PM.