my new toy...
I have the usual collection of battery chargers, but they are only half smart or plain dumb. This one is far better.
Great fun for those lonely winter eves alone in your cabin (if you have power)... Nothing like a digital display for the techheads among us.
You can keep track of the storage capacity of your AAs, see how they improve (or not) with time with real numbers, refresh them automatically and generally have a grand time with the settings. OK, so maybe I should get a life but eh...
Plus it's actually useful and works well. Low charging current is good for battery life. Separate control for each channel. And already restored several oldish AAs from oblivion.
Another tidbit of quasi-useful info after a bunch of searching: watch out when you buy a smart universal charger with a 9V output, the latter is usually dumb, regardless of the rest. Must be cuz the circuits are completely different. Or cuz they can get away with it.
Also, watch those "9v" LiIons, they can't take more than 8.4V apparently. So needs a special charger.
oh, yes, here it is:
http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/bc1000/index.php
more like $55 on amazon (curse their evil tax deal with the PRK...!)
never mind the chintzy accessories, they are basically for free if you do comparison shopping, so there...
It's a new electronic world out there, folks...!
I have the usual collection of battery chargers, but they are only half smart or plain dumb. This one is far better.
Great fun for those lonely winter eves alone in your cabin (if you have power)... Nothing like a digital display for the techheads among us.
You can keep track of the storage capacity of your AAs, see how they improve (or not) with time with real numbers, refresh them automatically and generally have a grand time with the settings. OK, so maybe I should get a life but eh...
Plus it's actually useful and works well. Low charging current is good for battery life. Separate control for each channel. And already restored several oldish AAs from oblivion.
Another tidbit of quasi-useful info after a bunch of searching: watch out when you buy a smart universal charger with a 9V output, the latter is usually dumb, regardless of the rest. Must be cuz the circuits are completely different. Or cuz they can get away with it.
Also, watch those "9v" LiIons, they can't take more than 8.4V apparently. So needs a special charger.
oh, yes, here it is:
http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/bc1000/index.php
more like $55 on amazon (curse their evil tax deal with the PRK...!)
never mind the chintzy accessories, they are basically for free if you do comparison shopping, so there...
It's a new electronic world out there, folks...!
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