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I actually have one of those Pelican cases here at home. They aren't little at all. Even for its small size its very bulky. I'm going to keep looking around and see if I can find some smallish plastic boxy thing that I can fit 3 or 4 cells in that will JUST hold them, and maybe I can install a switch in because that headlamp no longer has a switch. I plug or unplug the molex to turn it on or off. I may use an in-line switch and just ziptie it to the side of the helmet air vents.
I was actually looking on hobbyking for a couple hours last night. The Turnigy 6 seems to be the best charger for what we're doing. The menu functions appear a little daunting, do you find it relatively easy to work with?
I'll look at some of the other chargers tonight as well.
I'm waiting to make an order from them. Gonna get some large shrink tube for doing packs, some connectors, a charger, and some AA rechargeables to use with my other headlamp on my helmet. (same style headlamp). The Turnigy 6 will charge both NiMh and Li-ions... so that's cool at least.
Remind me next time before I see you and I'll bring you a handful of 18650's you can use, I've only used or given away about 14 out of the 60 I have.
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So, I've been looking at the iCharger 106B, it does most of the things the Turnigy 6 does the same. Except the PC compatibility is by USB, and it can charge at a higher amp rating. (10A), but.. is still limited to 6 cells of li-ion. And I *think* that means in series...not in parallel. If it'll charge at 10A, and you have 6 li-ions in parallel, @ 2400mAh each, that'd be 14.4Ah, which you'd only need 7.2A to 11.52A to charge. So it still fits within that range. (@ 0.5 to 0.8C charging rate)
Still, it's $80 vs $25, and the "balancing" feature I was giving to think takes place in charging Series cells. Does it work the same for parallel cells? ??
I was actually looking on hobbyking for a couple hours last night. The Turnigy 6 seems to be the best charger for what we're doing. The menu functions appear a little daunting, do you find it relatively easy to work with?
I'll look at some of the other chargers tonight as well.
I'm waiting to make an order from them. Gonna get some large shrink tube for doing packs, some connectors, a charger, and some AA rechargeables to use with my other headlamp on my helmet. (same style headlamp). The Turnigy 6 will charge both NiMh and Li-ions... so that's cool at least.
Remind me next time before I see you and I'll bring you a handful of 18650's you can use, I've only used or given away about 14 out of the 60 I have.
**EDIT**
So, I've been looking at the iCharger 106B, it does most of the things the Turnigy 6 does the same. Except the PC compatibility is by USB, and it can charge at a higher amp rating. (10A), but.. is still limited to 6 cells of li-ion. And I *think* that means in series...not in parallel. If it'll charge at 10A, and you have 6 li-ions in parallel, @ 2400mAh each, that'd be 14.4Ah, which you'd only need 7.2A to 11.52A to charge. So it still fits within that range. (@ 0.5 to 0.8C charging rate)
Still, it's $80 vs $25, and the "balancing" feature I was giving to think takes place in charging Series cells. Does it work the same for parallel cells? ??
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