Topic: SANYO ENELOOP NiMH BATTERIES

All great info..

Getting this charger tmoz GT Dual Power D6

Anyone had any experiences with it ?.

Well I've had 2 chamelion chargers fir 6years+ now and never had a known false peak. All my models but a few have eneloops and no issues. But then I never charge at less than 1c.

   So my rx packs get 2amps as does my tx battery. I do like to feel the batterys nice and warm / hot when charged, if I can't get to the battery then I like to feel the fuz get a little warm around battery area. I even have a tempratures gun for the hard to reach areas.

   Works for me.

Don't blame Schulze, Steve for stating that their charger needs greater than 1c to be reliable.

Sorry mate, certaily not blaming my Schulze, I take the blame for being a bit careful and not charging at a high enough value.

Steve

Sorry         thats the best suggestion about batteries yet - go fly em!

Phil    

That's what Paul thought just before his lovely mouldie bit Moel Famau - the thread might seem much ado about nothing but if an experienced and more to the point - careful and attentive glider guider can be caught out then any of us can!

The Eneloop battery and the Shultze Chameleon charger are just about top of their respective trees but in this instance, having 'the best gear' didn't work out!

There is nothing wrong with the Shultz Chameleon (well apart from having worse instructions that the old Futaba TX's that is.....) but the Auto cut off tells 'lies' on NiMH's - once you know that you can work around it!

Out of general interest - I use an old Ripmax Super Nova, or did until I discovered how absolutely Carp it was for false peaking on NiMH's- My Shultz Chameleon is very useful for Lipo's and that was what it was bought for but I seldom use it for anything else, not for any reasons connected with this thread, I just have other options!

 My current chargers that I use 'all the time' on anything and everything are Century UK's (this one http://www.centuryuk.com/Products/Chargers?pos=6)

And the Multiplex one which works almost identically(LN6015EQU) - both 'prod and play' - both work really well and are ultra reliable and dependable so I keep using em - I'm sure there are others similarly priced which work just as well too!

That's what Paul thought just before his lovely mouldie bit Moel Famau - the thread might seem much ado about nothing but if an experienced and more to the point - careful and attentive glider guider can be caught out then any of us can!

Hmm, but when a pack has peaked, you dont just switch it off and take 'full' as gospel, you look at the capacity its taken dont you - and if it says it just took 100maH when you used it all day on Sunday, you know that it just false peaked.

Don't you?   
Phil

hehe. yes it does take a while!  Usually I am woken in the night by strange bleeping sounds, telling me that it's done.

Are they under your bed?

under the pillow....

Hmm, but when a pack has peaked, you dont just switch it off and take 'full' as gospel, you look at the capacity its taken dont you - and if it says it just took 100maH when you used it all day on Sunday, you know that it just false peaked.

Don't you?   
Phil

Not if you hadn't used it on the Sunday before and believed the Eneloop pack to just need a top up.

More information of testing of Eneloops here

http://www.stefanv.com/electronics/sanyo_eneloop.html
http://scalesoaring.co.uk/yabb/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1275079117/22#22

It seems that self discharge rates are higher than claimed (sometimes much higher - particularly when new).

Also some new packs need cycling to achieve rated capacity.

It seems that self discharge rates are higher than claimed (sometimes much higher - particularly when new).

Yes, but still incredible retention of charge over time compared to "standard" NiMh cells!