Introducing the NEW NITECORE Intellicharger i4 - Advanced Smart Charger Capable of Charging FOUR Batteries at Once with Independent Monitoring

[Dougiestyle]

My TR-001 just wept. It has seen the horizon and it's replacement.

*let the old charger think it's gone the way of the scrap box. It will be outfitted for my car, soon. Shhh! Don't tell it. It'll be a surprise!

 

[rdsok]

I guess xtar doesn't know that yet. They say this about the VP1:



No offense to anyone, but I get tired of dealing with battery information. Everyone says something different.
Things either is or they ain't.

One... in your original question/post you asked about overly charged batteries... not overly discharged ones. My post was directed at what you had asked about even if you had typed it wrong. In otherwords, my statement about a protection circuit being blown would still apply.

A protection circuit that is simply enabled to stop additional drain on an overly discharged battery isn't "blown" unless there was a short that lead to an "run away" battery situation.

Harmonic already covered how a protection circuit works when a battery has simply been discharged to far and is correct that the battery can be recharged back but you can't undo any damage that may be done to the chemistry that may have shortened the lifespan of the battery.

These are technical issues and as such there are several details that also need understood as well. If you are going to be using rechargeable batteries... it is good info to learn but it may take some time to get it just like any technical subject. You don't need to be an expert per se, but knowing the info will help you learn how to get the most life out of your batteries as well as how to treat them in a safe manner.

 

[harmonic]

it was also my understanding that the protection circuit was also to prevent an over current draw on the cell in the same manor a circuit breaker in your house trips when you have too much plugged into the circuit.
i pretty much only have and use IMR batteries without the protection circuit. rd does the protection circuit on regular protected batteries actually blow in an over current or short situation such that it cant be reset?

 

[rdsok]

An serious overcurrent situation should blow the circuit in order to help avert a battery overrun ... i assume ( but don't know since I haven't read about it ) that a forced overcharge would also blow the circuit as well for some of the same reasons. It should be a matter of degree... a minor overcurrent should just triip the safety and be resettable but a hard drain would require that it blows completely.

 

[4mudski]

Will this charger protect the battery if I forget there still charging and go to bed?

 

[rdsok]

Will this charger protect the battery if I forget there still charging and go to bed?

It isn't recommended to leave ANY rechargeable battery on ANY charger past when they get full... It does have a trickle charge mode at the end of the charge cycle, but that doesn't mean you should leave a battery on a charger even when it has that feature.

 

[Adrena]

With 4 batts charging at once it has been an easy batt game now. Not once have I needed a night time charging. Ha I charge every 3 days at best. Loving not feeling tied down to my batts. The constant swapping was really dragging me down till the I4...

 

[Cyric]

I've got the smaller I2 Version of this same charger and I love it!!

 

[2nd chance]

This is a great charger, I love mine!!