Thursday, August 2, 2007
Trinity Balanced Charger for LiPo Packs Categories - Chargers, Trinity, Electric, Products - comments closed
Trinity have released a new balanced charger for use with your 2 and 3 cell Li-Po hobby battery packs. Operated using AC mains supply, this balance charger monitors and charges each cell individually so there is no possibility of one of the cells being overcharged. Simple to operate, just plug it in and it can charge 2 cells (7.4 volts) or 3 cells (11.1 volt) at 0.75A.
Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Multiplex Equalizer 5505 Categories - Regulator, Multiplex, Discharger, Chargers, Electric, Products - comments closed
Multiplex have announced that they have started selling the Equalizer 5505 polymer battery balance guard. Simply connect this balancer between the charger and the LiPo cells and it will ensure the safe, complete and correct charging, and discharging, of your LiPo cells. Suitable for charging up to 5A and discharging at 500mA, the Equalizer also has an automatic sensor to shut off in the event of overcharging or overdischarging.
Source: Multplex [hitecrcd.co.jp]
Saturday, July 21, 2007
OFNA Digipeak 3 charger Categories - Chargers, OFNA, Electric, Products - comments closed
OFNA Racing have introduced a new addition to their range of chargers with the introduction of the OFNA Digipeak 3. Suitable for charging NiMH and NiCd as well as LiPo cells, this AC/DC powered unit is very affordably priced compared to similarly equipped chargers. Suitable for charging 1-14 cell NiCd and NiMH batteries and 1-4 cell LiPo batteries, the rate can be adjusted in 0.1A increments between 0.3A - 5A, while the 2-line / 16 character LCD display keeps you informed of what is happening. The Digipeak 3 also features a 2-amp discharger.
Source: RCCA [radiocontrolzone.com]
Thursday, July 12, 2007
SJ Perfect Balancer Categories - SJ, Regulator, Discharger, Chargers, Products - comments closed
Japanese copany Powers International have started selling this, what is effectively a voltage regulator, by SJ called the Perfect Balancer. Used for charging you Lipo cells (2-5 cells), it is connected between your normal charger and the battery and it equalizes the power going to the cells to ensure correct and complete charging. When not connected to your charger it can be used as a discharger, providing balanced and safe discharging between cells.
Source: Powers International [powers-international.com]
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Much More CTX-W & Silent Charger Platinum Categories - Tools, Chargers, Much More, Electric, Tires, Products - comments closed
It appears that black screens are all the rage at Much More these days, following on from the release last week of the Motor Master Platinum with the black LCD display. Today sees the release of both the CTX-W Platinum tire warmer and the Silent Charger Platinum, both of which have been ugraded with the cool new screen that was only seen previously on the Moore and Rheinard editions. Apart from this change there are no other updates on the tire warmer but the Silent charger has been upgarded to have user selectable 3-step delta peak sensitivity (Low-Medium-High).
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Losi release new LiPo packs & chargers Categories - Chargers, Team Losi, Batteries, Electric, Products - comments closed
Team Losi have today announced the release of some new Lipo cells for both receiver and transmitter, as well as new Lipo balance chargers. For 1/8th scale receivers, Losi have released a 7.4V 2000mAh 2 cell LiPo pack, while for transmitters, both are 11.1V 2500mAh 3 cell LiPo packs, but one is configured for use with the Sanwa / Airtronics M11 and MX-3 while the other pack works with the Z-1 and Helios transmitters. Losi also announced the release of a new LiPo Balance charger for 1-3 Cells and an Intelligent LiPo Balance charger for 1-5 cells.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]
Monday, May 14, 2007
ABC Hobby AC/DC Expert Charger Categories - ABC Hobby, Chargers, Electric, Products - comments closed
ABC Hobby of Japan have announced that amongst their new product line-up that they will show at this weeks Shizuoka hobby show will be this rather cool looking AC/DC Expert charger. This new version charges up to a rate of 5A, has a back-lit screen and fits in nicely into ABC’s current Expert charger lineup with its aluminium face and carbon look sides. Expect to get the full details and specifications when the product is released this weekend.
Source: ABC Hobby [abchobby.com]
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
LRP Pulsar 3 Competition charger Categories - Chargers, LRP, Electric, Products - comments closed
LRP have announced the release of the successor to the popular Pulsar 2 competition charger, the obviously named Pulsar 3. Bearing a strong resemblance to the Nosram Stealth Evolution charger, this new Pulsar is a fully featured charger that can handle all types of racing cells, including Lipo’s, for use at the highest levels of racing and with 4 World Championship titles for this range of chargers it definitely has a great pedigree.
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