1000Watt 10S Charger!

I just saw this charger at HC, I'm very impressed about the power: 1000 Watt! And that for only $180, very cheap imo...

Specs:
Input voltage range: 4.50 – 38.0VDC
Charge current range: 0.05 – 30.0A
Discharge current range: 0.05 – 30.0A
Maximum charge power capacity: 1000W @ input voltage 23V (500W @ input voltage 12V)
Maximum discharge power capacity: 80W
Maximum regenerative discharge power capacity:1000W
Maximum extern discharge power capacity: 1200W @ 40V/30A
Current drain for balancing: <500mA
Balance accuracy: <10mV
Lithium (LiPo/LiIo/LiFe)battery cell count: 1 – 10 series(In non-balance mode, expand LiFe to 12s)
NiCd/NiMH battery cell count: 1 – 25 series
Pb battery cell count: 1 – 18 series (2 – 36V)
Log Files storage: 16Mbit (31 hours)
Battery setup memories: 10
Intelligent temperature control: Yes
PC Connect: USB port
Weight: 750g
Dimensions (L X W X D): 143X123X46mm / 5.63X4.84X1.81in

Link: Click!

But... which power supply should be used for this thing? (HC only got 400W Power Supply's iirc...)

[rawfuls]

I wanna know who uses a 10S, and in what..

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

I wanna know who uses a 10S, and in what..

Plenty of boats, planes, and heli's use 10S with low kv motors.

sounds good! I just don't like the 23V power supply requirement.

[whitrzac]

http://www.fmadirect.com/detail.htm?...364&section=89

I still want one of these....

[snellemin]

Originally Posted by whitrzac

http://www.fmadirect.com/detail.htm?...364&section=89

I still want one of these....

I have one on order. The delivery time keeps getting pushed back due too hardware delays. Some folks in rcgroups that actually put the prototypes to the test.

[Metallover]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

I wanna know who uses a 10S, and in what..

I use 18s and I want 24s for my bike. I want a 24s lipo balance charger.

Originally Posted by rawfuls

I wanna know who uses a 10S, and in what..

Same as Metal: 10S in a bike (that will be build in the future :))

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

I wanna know who uses a 10S, and in what..

A lot of people use 10S and more as it was stated above, but the big thing about the 10S capability to us car/truck guys is the ability to charge all of our batteries at the same time, wired together in series.

And with a 30A charge-rate, I can finally charge my Turnigy 40C 4S 5000mAh LiPos at the 5C (25A) they say they can safely be charged at!

Plus, ProTek (the makers of the iCharger series of chargers) is an awesome company, they make awesome products, and they have awesome service!

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

Plus, ProTek (the makers of the iCharger series of chargers) is an awesome company, they make awesome products, and they have awesome service!

I think Protek is just the U.S. distributor of the Icharger.Protek Version is a different color(blue) then others versions I`ve seen


www.jun-si.com

Great for parallel charging, I have one on order.
Great hobbies is going to sell these but for $249.00 Wow that's some mark-up.

I pointed out that Greathobbies because it my be an alternative To Hobby king if you don`t wanna wait for this charger.Plus that price might be just for website purposes

If you read Junsi's thread on RCGroups - they also rebadge the iChargers for Amain. ProgressiveRC is the iCharger distributor, David carries a lot more iCharger stuff than Amain -

http://www.progressiverc.com/index.p...&id=1&Itemid=1



I had one one of the Powerlab8 pre-ordered, then found out only their wiring, cables and balance adapters will fit which meant I'd be starting over and all mine would be useless. I bailed (they were nice enough to let me bail) and will be buying an iCharger 3010B.

Originally Posted by Duster_360

If you read Junsi's thread on RCGroups - they also rebadge the iChargers for Amain. ProgressiveRC is the iCharger distributor, David carries a lot more iCharger stuff than Amain -

http://www.progressiverc.com/index.p...&id=1&Itemid=1



I had one one of the Powerlab8 pre-ordered, then found out only their wiring, cables and balance adapters will fit which meant I'd be starting over and all mine would be useless. I bailed (they were nice enough to let me bail) and will be buying an iCharger 3010B.

First place I saw the 3010B charger back in may was Greathobbies.

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by Erevocanuck

I think Protek is just the U.S. distributor of the Icharger.Protek Version is a different color(blue) then others versions I`ve seen

The "blue" version is just the latest updated version of the charger, so it won't be long before all sites that sell them update their stock photos to show the new blue version.

I wondered about the iCharger Series of Chargers, and who made them, so a while back I called HobbyCity and they told me that they were manufactured by ProTek, and gave me a number to contact them. I then contacted ProTek directly, and they said that they did, in fact, manufacture their iCharger Series of Chargers, but after a lengthy discussion, the guy revealed that they don't "fully" manufacture ALL of their products...they contract out certain components of certain products...like their LiPos, the actual cells are manufactured in Hong Kong, partially assembled in China (cells soldered into series/parallel sub-assemblies), and then ProTek does the final assembly (wires, connectors, shrink-wrap, hard-cases). All of their new LiPos, other batteries, Power-Supplies, and other products have the new "blue" decals just like the latest version of their iChargers.

Anyway, my point being, ProTek does manufacture the iChargers, but they also contract out and source parts from other companies/places...at least that's what the ProTek guy told me on the phone.

[reno911]

I got that e-mail this morning. Pretty cool. My 200 watt 10amp does fine for everything I do so far. I can't see myself needing that until the ESC manufacturers catch up and make something that we can use this with, along with the battery packs themselves.

[simplechamp]

Since I have been very impressed with my iCharger 106B+ I think this will be my next charger, once more reviews come back, and maybe in a year or so the price will come down (although $180 is a great deal, you still have to factor in a 24V 50A power supply if you want to get the rated 1000W, and that will add to the cost)

People always say "But what do you even need that for? you'll never need that" I'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. Battery technology is screaming forward with no sign of slowing down. Get a charger that will be able to keep up.

[BrianG]

I'm just gonna wait until batteries can be charged at 200C, and then just plug them straight into a DC source for a few seconds.