How to use this charger with my LiIon batts??

[Madcaprym]

I know there has to be a way to charge my 18650 and 14500 batts with my triton eq charger?! Can someone show me a link to were I can either make or buy an adapter?! I dint want to just buy a specific charger if I already spent a lot of money on this charger that I use fir my lipo and NiMH batts! I fly large Rc helicopters and charge the lipos with this. The triton will charge every battery Li Ion, NiMH, lith polymer, NiCad. And all I do is enter the charge rate, mah and go! Thanks in advance! I know someone has done this!??

 

[fray]

Idk anything about that charger but a 14500 will fit into a AA battery holder that you may be able to modify into an adapter.

Not sure of the safety or anything

 

[ericdjobs]

That's a hobby charger... you can easily charge your batteries with it as long as it supports charging 4.2v batteries, which it looks like it does.

Here's a very good writeup/walkthrough.. What is a Hobby Charger

A really nice method, instead of making your own battery cradles, is just get some alligator clips (should've come with some, anyways) and some rare earth magnets... attach one magnet to each clip that's connected to the charger... then simply attach the ends via the magnets to the positive and negative ends of the batteries you want to charge.. then you simply tell the charger you want to charge Lithium batteries, then tell it current and how many etc

If you have an old/cheap charger, you could get it and just use the contacts to charge batteries with it... the old DSD charger was actually really popular for this.. Cool thing about that hobby charger is you can probably charge a TON of batteries at once in a series/parallel and you can supply the current needed to charge them FAST.. and you can have it balance them.... i've been debating on buying one and building fancy battery cradles haha.. you can score a turnigy accucel-6 at hobbyking for $23

 

[Madcaprym]

Hobbyking is cheap, but long delivery wait. My charger was 5 X that cost and is a beast. I have extra charging leads, and can program in any value on different specs.

 

[BardicDruid]

Just make sure it can charge at about 650mAH or you may overheat your batts, probably be easiest to check out Radio Shack and see if the have any batt holders.

 

[Madcaprym]

Just make sure it can charge at about 650mAH or you may overheat your batts, probably be easiest to check out Radio Shack and see if the have any batt holders.

If my batt is 2400mah I'm gonna charge at like 1800mah, not 650? What are u saying?

 

[K24A3]

I would just grab a TR-001.
Cheap, easy, no mucking about with alligator clips and magnets. Only $8.63 w/free shipping.
TrustFire TR-001 Multi-Purpose Lithium Battery Charger - Free Shipping - DealExtreme