smart chargers ?!?!?!

[c.chalie]

ok so why do they not make all battery chargers like the smart pcc charger that will stop charging the batts when they are full?

 

[Traver]

Because there aren't enough people who know enough to pay a bit more. So it's more profitable to charge more for a dangerous piece of crap.

 

[c.chalie]

lol, well thats why we are all here to teach one another, right?

 

[sppowers]

ok so why do they not make all battery chargers like the smart pcc charger that will stop charging the batts when they are full?

I got a 5 dollar charger on ebay (with 2 protected ultrafire 16340s too! haha), they say it cuts charging when full and according to my multimeter it does; my batteries are never hot when I take them off the charger or anything either. Most chargers do have a cutoff, you just should not trust it... all it takes is a one time failure to cause a disaster.

 

[c.chalie]

now you say that my batts never get warm eather, but i do have an IMR and didnt even know it.

 

[Traver]

I got a 5 dollar charger on ebay (with 2 protected ultrafire 16340s too! haha), they say it cuts charging when full and according to my multimeter it does; my batteries are never hot when I take them off the charger or anything either. Most chargers do have a cutoff, you just should not trust it... all it takes is a one time failure to cause a disaster.

Was it tested by UL or some other testing lab? If not I wouldn't use it but you can take whatever risks you choose to.

 

[jkmtwo]

I have a Pila charger which is supposed to be a smart charger, it seems to do well, that said, crap happens, I have tried to educate myself, and I do my best to utilize smart charging practices.

 

[sppowers]

Was it tested by UL or some other testing lab? If not I wouldn't use it but you can take whatever risks you choose to.

I am assuming the chinese just test it in the lab, which doesn't count for much heh. I just can not bring myself to pay top dollar for a charger when the one I got works, might regret it in the long run I suppose.