Anyone up to speed with battery chargers?

Philtor

Philtor

Philtor

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So I just bought a Nitecore Intellicharger i4. It's been many years since I have used rechargeables so I'm a bit confused :D

The manual says if I'm only charging 2 batteries then I should use slots 1 & 3 or 2 & 4 so effectively leaving an empty slot in between.

If I wanted to charge 2 x AA's and 2 x AAA's for example does it matter what order I insert them in or does this only apply when charging 2 batteries??

Also what do peeps use to store their batteries when not being used?

Thanks!! :)
 
Im not sure you can mix sizes on a single charge, at least not on my Duracell charger. it came with 4xAA and I had to buy a separate pack of 4xAAA Duracell rechargeables.

I'ts a 4 'bay' Duracell charger which does AA and AAA -I can only do 4xAA or 2xAAA or something, so 2xAAA would be slot 2 and 4, a bit like RAM slots...

I've lost the instructions but I'm sure I remember seeing that you should only charge one size at a time.
 
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I think this yoke I bought has Microprocessor tech so it's a smart charger so to speak. I'm not so smart when it comes to this sort of tech mind :D

I was wondering how it would work if I was mixing different sizes and/or capacities for example. What if I only needed to charge 3 batteries instead of 4?

Thanks for all your help!
 
It might be charger/battery dependant to be honest, did it come with instructions?

looking at mine now, slots 1&2 are 'A' and slots 3&4 are 'B'

I'm pretty sure you have to be mindful when your charging mixed sizes, but I guess that would be charger dependant.
 
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Yeah it came with basic instructions and warned about not charging a battery on it's own, whilst having to separate the slots for charging 2 batteries and that's it. There is no 'Noob FAQ' lol!
 
The reason for having a space is just to charge faster. It will have 2 'channels' if you have 2 batteries in a channel it alternates between charging them. If you have only 1 in a channel it just charges it.

I'm not sure on different batteries but I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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Thanks for the reply. I know this is a good charger but they really need a FAQ.

Whilst stating what the charger can do (and does very well) it does not elaborate on mixing different sizes and/or capacities.
 
Philtor said:
Thanks for the reply. I know this is a good charger but they really need a FAQ.

Whilst stating what the charger can do (and does very well) it does not elaborate on mixing different sizes and/or capacities.
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I wouldn't mix batteries. Totally missed the n't in my post.
 
Probably no use, but I found a datasheet for my charger,

http://www.duracell.com/media/en-US/pdf/gtcl/Product_Data_Sheet/EU_DATASHEETS/Charger%20Datasheet_CEF14.pdf

Basically you can charge 2 or 4 batteries at the same time, but they must be of the same size.
So you can have 4 configurations:

2x AAA
4xAAA
2xAA
4xAA

It doesn't specifically mention it on the link but I'm sure I read in the instructions you can only charge one size at a time.. and if you only charging 2 batteries, they go in alternate slots... weather that has any relevance to you model I can't say.
 
So stick to the same size then on each charge. Why do they make a simple task so complex? lol! I'll stick to the same size as a guide then. They seem to assume the buyer knows everything... it would not be the first time something has exploded or caught fire on me, but I don't want to ruin my new charger :D
 
It will charge different sizes and different chemistry battery's at the same time, i have the I2 v2 charger and its a bloody good charger.

A good review to put your mind at rest
 
Anyone know if you can charge 3 batteries or does it have to be 2 or 4 at a time? Sorry for the noob questions but I like to know what I'm doing just :)
 
See post from Kanifee.

Check out the charger I bought man. I'm fairly new to this but I didn't buy a carp charger by any means. £21.95 is more than enough to spend on a charger, except the user guide is a little basic hence my thread.
 
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Ah I see. I wasn't saying it was a rubbish charger at all! Just confused if you said it does them individually (and evidently they can) then why the manual says otherwise, because I didn't look up the charger, just going on what you stated. And that's how much I spent on my charger; the AccuCell BC-700.
 
No worries mate. I will be using it to charge 2 or 4 batteries at a time but wanted to know if it could work with only 3, however I'll stick to even numbers I think :)
 
"While the charger has four bays, it actually only has two independent channels. If you want to charge two cells independently of each other (i.e., each charged at the full 750mA current the unit is capable of), you need to place the cells in bays #1 & #2, #2 & #3, #1 & #4, or #3 & #4.

If you place the cells in the paired bays #1 & #3, or #2 & #4, the charging current will be split between the cells. Rather than just cutting in half (i.e., 375mA per bay), the current remains at 750mA for each bay – but it alternates charging by cycling off/on once every second for each battery. This effectively results in the same thing, but the cell is actually being charged at 750mA for a 1sec on, 1sec off, cycle. "

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...arger-Review-(V2)-current-voltage-comparisons
 
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