Using an ‘intellipeak’ charger……

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    • August 8, 2003 at 7:07 pm #11229
      jamiekulhanek
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      Hey all,

      Just wondering if I am the only person that has had problems using a peak charger to charge a Bit Char-G??

      My charger senses that the Rx circuitry is continually drawing current from the cell, therefore the charger decides this is an ‘unusual’ characteristic for a cell, and ‘rejects’ the cell.

      Only by disconnecting the cell can I charge it, and believe me, using a proper peak charger is great, 30+ mins runtime from a standard TOMY NiCd cell!

    • August 8, 2003 at 7:57 pm #21782
      VR-4
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      i got the intell peek pulse charger and i dont have any probs on it. i just set it on the lowest charge rate and let it charge. it might just be that type of charger.

    • August 11, 2003 at 2:13 pm #21857
      jamiekulhanek
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      Mine is a different one, called an Orbit Microlader.

    • August 11, 2003 at 2:30 pm #21858
      VR-4
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      ummm check the specs on the charger and post them. your charger might not be able to charge single cells.

    • August 11, 2003 at 2:49 pm #21859
      jamiekulhanek
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      Yeah it does charge single cells, i just hafta take the battery out of my bit char to charge it.

      My charger has:

      -1-32 cell charging capacity.

      -100mAh-8000mAh charging current.

      -RS 232 Serial port (connect to PC and view charge curves/graphs and cell information)

      It charges NiCad, NiMH, Li-ion, Lit-Tadiran, PB leadbatt, and has Discharge, soft charger, multi-delta peak modes, basic charger, reflex charger, cell regeneration/reformat mode and more.

    • August 11, 2003 at 3:22 pm #21864
      VR-4
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      damn nice charger how much that set ya back like $300.

      might just be the bits pcb interfearing with the cpu in the charger

    • August 11, 2003 at 3:40 pm #21867
      jamiekulhanek
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      It was $600AUD so about $400ish in US dollars.

      Yeah it is the PCB, cause it makes the charger think that the battery is faulty, because batteries don’t normally ‘self discharge’ while charging.

    • August 11, 2003 at 4:43 pm #21869
      VR-4
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      yeah i had a nice charger like that but some qweer at a track stold it. now i use a intellpeek pulse charger

    • August 15, 2003 at 6:33 pm #21965
      jamiekulhanek
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      If any ‘queer’ flogged mine i would beat the living sh*t out of them.

      Is that Avatar from Initial D??

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