15 min chargers in AUS!!!

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- December 15, 2004 at 10:48 pm #10229
  icebreaka
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  Has anyone else seen the “Varta IC3” 15 min Chargers in stores.. I’ve seen it at Target and Harvey Norman so far..
  
  $89.99 for a charger with 4 AA cells .. and $9.99 for 2 AA cells..
  
  Sounds pretty good!
  
  Anyone seen them?
- December 16, 2004 at 12:31 am #23624
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  what sort of batts are they? i have seen them advertised on billboards but no info was there as far as NiMh or ni-cad…
- December 16, 2004 at 1:57 am #23626
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  they’re nimhs..
  
  found a link:
  
  http://www.en.varta-consumer.com/content.php?path=/15minutes&&domain=www.en.varta-consumer.com
- December 16, 2004 at 2:37 am #23534
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  that websites a bit shonky, half the links are dead.
  
  the second link works great however.
  
  Edited by – z-beam on 15 December 2004 22:07:35
- December 16, 2004 at 4:12 am #23536
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  they are the IC3 batts. sadly they don’t have AAAs avalible which will be great for Zs and Xs.
- December 16, 2004 at 2:12 pm #23619
  dgs73
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  oh… bugger. Got all excited I did…
- December 16, 2004 at 4:43 pm #23612
  icebreaka
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  i saw aaa’s at Harvey norman….
- December 16, 2004 at 9:22 pm #23608
  leonli17
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  No 4AAA charger there are only 2 AAA i think. The batts are made in china which i guess they might not be punchy enough.
- December 16, 2004 at 10:05 pm #23607
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  Actually on the website http://www.varta.com
  
  The specs for the PS6 15 min charger show:
  
  Cell configurations
  AAA 1-4 Pieces
  AA 1-4 Pieces
  
  So im guessing you can charge both AA and AAA’s four at a time?
- December 16, 2004 at 10:29 pm #23606
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  Any idea what the capacity is (mAhr)? Couldnt be that high if the can fill them in 15 mins.
- December 16, 2004 at 11:22 pm #23604
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  I think the AA’s were 2000 .. can’t be sure..
- December 16, 2004 at 11:24 pm #23605
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  From the website:
  
  VARTA Type Designation 5306
  Reference USA AA
  Reference Germany MIGNON
  Reference IEC HR6
  Weight 28 g (0.99 oz)
  Electrochemical System Nickel Hydride (NiMH)
  Capacity 2000 mAh
  Voltage 1.2 V
  
  and..
  
  VARTA Type Designation 5303
  Reference USA AAA
  Reference Germany MICRO
  Reference IEC HR03
  Weight 12 g (0.42 oz)
  Electrochemical System Nickel Hydride (NiMH)
  Capacity 800 mAh
  Voltage 1.2 V
- December 17, 2004 at 4:31 am #23602
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  hopefully someone can find the 4AAA charger. it would be cool. I only seen 4AA charger which is $89.95. don’t think they charge AAA.
- December 17, 2004 at 5:26 am #23598
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  The Charger allows for both battery sizes stupid :evil::D:smiley2:
  If it dont then its stupid because most chargers do both and i have not seen one that dosen’t
- December 17, 2004 at 6:37 am #23595
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  Don’t Call me Stupid!!!!:angry:
  I only seen one in it’s packet so i don’t know if it charges AAA or not.
- December 17, 2004 at 5:08 pm #23584
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  You should know by now not to take things i say to heart…
  Everyone should !!!
  And what i was trying to say is that most chargers that charge AA should also charge AAA if they dont they are stupid…
  Sorry Leon.
  :smiley2:
- December 17, 2004 at 5:31 pm #23582
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  And your a almost 18 year old hot head toss, but a nice guy im sure, just have it out for me> most of the time
  
  BTW
  Did you not rip this of another site…
  
  Over priced Toy car which uses Over priced Cordless drill batteries with Over priced Toy Tires and a Over priced Body made out of old 2 litre milk bottles all for….a 5 dollar trophy once and awhile…..what a Hobby
  :angry::angry::angry::evil::evil:
- December 17, 2004 at 5:32 pm #23571
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  that duct tape is to put over your BIG mouth:D
- December 17, 2004 at 5:51 pm #23570
  dgs73
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  zzzzing!!!!!
- December 17, 2004 at 7:15 pm #23567
  peteWah
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  Anyways, I would want a charger that dose both quick and slow charges, I think the batteries would be happier that way:smiley2:
- December 17, 2004 at 10:31 pm #23563
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  that charger can charge normal nimhs in 16 hours .. Ic-3’s in 15 mins .. if u cahrge ic-3’s at the same time as normal nimh’s itll jus charge for 16 hours instead of 15 mins..
- December 18, 2004 at 12:34 am #23560
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  Christ petey what a BITE!
  
  I was merely trying to carry on from the little argument between yourself and leonli17…calm down…just a bit of a razz…
  
  I honestly thought you would take it with a grain of salt…
  
  Quote:
  
  You should know by now not to take things i say to heart…
  Everyone should !!!
  And what i was trying to say is that most chargers that charge AA should also charge AAA if they dont they are stupid…
  Sorry Leon.
  :smiley2:
- December 18, 2004 at 12:37 am #23558
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  Quote:
  
  And your a almost 18 year old hot head toss, but a nice guy im sure, just have it out for me> most of the time
  
  BTW
  Did you not rip this of another site…
  
  Over priced Toy car which uses Over priced Cordless drill batteries with Over priced Toy Tires and a Over priced Body made out of old 2 litre milk bottles all for….a 5 dollar trophy once and awhile…..what a Hobby
  :angry::angry::angry::evil::evil:
  
  Yes i did borrow that sig, and i have stated in another thread that yes, it is not my work…
  
  So you go through life, just ignoring everything, being totally different to everybody else? Copying things here and there doesn’t hurt.
- December 18, 2004 at 7:09 am #23556
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  if you have a peak charger allready (like myself!) i wouldnt bother with this set up.
  
  and from experience japanese batteries are ALLWAYS better, kodak 750mah are my favorites…
- December 19, 2004 at 12:48 am #23435
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  They have sony 900mah at sony stores for 18 dollars for the 4 pack…
  Any taker’s on that price ?
  :smiley2:
- December 19, 2004 at 6:32 am #23445
  z-beam
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  japan made pete? i’ll definatly take it then!!!
  
  p.s. where my pm reply pete:smiley2:
- December 19, 2004 at 3:54 pm #23449
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  Sorry dude, calling or trying now…
  :smiley2:
- December 28, 2004 at 1:25 am #23428
  icebreaka
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  My dad picked up one o’ these chargers today 😀 PRETTY SWEET 15 min charges baby! .. lols havent got any AAA’s yet tho so can’t give a review as yet 😀
- January 1, 2005 at 6:13 pm #22998
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  purchased a varta charger not impressed when they lead you to believe they will charge all batteries in 15 min when opening the packet i realise it’s actually 1 hour. So i returned it and purchased the energiser quick charger which charges in one hour and you can purchase 850 mah batteries for them aswell and i am very happy with my final purchase.
  Happy new year Takata
- April 17, 2005 at 8:59 pm #20476
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  ive got this charger and have sanyo 900(japan) and charges them in an hour its all good from my end batteries dont get to hot…the charger itself has an in built fan to keep things cool i found the varta ic3’s got extremely hot and after the 15mins charge was finished the fan kept going till the batts were cool enough and shut down so turned out ok got a bit stressed there for a minute other than that im pretty happy with it
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