Has anybody used this for the Chervrolet Spark EV yet? I'm wondering if I need a charger this powerful, or if it's overkill.
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I haven't used it for the Spark, but it's probably overkill just as it is for my Nissan Leaf. I bought it anyway because my Leaf is leased. I reasoned that I may as well wire in something powerful enough for a likely more powerful charger in the next generation EV when my Leaf lease is up. I tend to lean toward overkill when it comes to technology, but I don't usually advise others to do the same. It's often cheaper to get what you need now and buy the upgrade later when you can really use it. Plus, a lower power charge station will still do just fine charging an EV with a higher capacity charger. Just not quite as fast. Happy charging whatever you decide!
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I use my Efest LUC v4 and charge at 1.0 (it has 3 settings I use middle) mine have always charged fine with my charger an work great. Hope this helps..
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Hi DanBattery is very bad. Aftre the whole night charging it warked only 3-5 min.I decided to connect to the car electricity my device permanently, find a good electric, or use the car charger device.
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Hi Gregory! I just asked the question of the best "proven" way to charge these batts and I'm convinced by the majority of answers is to use the USB end and keep the mAh's the same 1 thru 5, of course. It will take longer, but successful all around, as many have said and I tend to agree. Some have used, me included, a 3.7V wall charger, but I don't feel any longer. I hope that this helps and puts your mind at ease as it does mine!�
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This charger is old. It is no longer listed on the Energizer website.The newest tip is a mini USB. All the rest are probably of no use.
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I used this charger. One of the best out there for the price at Amazon too. Nitecore IntelliCharger i4 Battery Charger - 2nd Generation. This is the 2nd generation... some problems with the original version. I would stick to this one. If it does not work, then the batteries must be looked at.
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By that I guess you mean ones that this charger was not designed to work with right? Well, that is a little tricky based on what you are trying to charge. If it is a commercial battery for a drill, you can get something similar to this if you just type the drill's name or model. You don't have to worry about typing the specific battery model number or the specific charger model number and you will see a few results for just the charger mixed in with the results. I typed craftsman 19v and found this one. If you are trying to charge something else or another tool or battery by another manufacturer and you don't know exactly what you are doing, you are asking for trouble but I will give you a few tips. 1) Lithium ion batteries are ticking time bombs. They will explode if over charged with too much voltage or current. 2) LiPo will explode if wrong polarity is used. 3) Most of them have protections from the things that make them explode and some even have them per cell. Some of them though rely on the charger to be smart enough not to over charge and have odd terminals so you can't charge it in any other charger. 4) They all operate in series and some, like this one, even charge in series. Thus with a multimeter, find the polarity of the battery you want to charge and the approximate voltage (I.e. if you have a 24 volt battery and it has 4 terminals and per two terminals you find that they are 10 volts each when low on charge then one can assume that you have 2 sets of 12 volt batteries in a series) then just get some alligator clips and clip them to another power source or power adapter of the same voltage and then sawpt them between the series. One time I really needed a device and I forgot the charger and I did this by connecting the alligator clips to my car for 30 mins then I swapped them to the other terminals for 30 mins too and it got me out of trouble. Just be really careful not to overcharge. Hope this helps.
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I didn't use a Sanyo Eneloop charger, I used a EBL 800 charger. They were fine when they were done charging. But if you don't have a "smart charger" you should wait until you drain all of the power from the batteries so you won't risk over charging the batteries. I'm guessing that's the reason your batteries were hot.
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I bought it to use on my Fire 6 but never got to use it.....bought it for a road trip with a rent a car and we had trouble with the first car when they replaced the car I had left the charger in the old car....it was one of those trips you will never forget.......sorry I could not help you.
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i like the charger i have. the Yuasa smart shot. it saved the battery in my porsche. it charges the battery in my motorcycle just fine, but also the cars. if the battery has been sitting drained for a long time, it is most likely donesy, however.
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Is the "tool case" in the photo just for the charger and any accessories, or can the drivers fit in there too? Just from the photos, I'd have to say unless the tool case is part Tardis, they aren't going to fit.<edit> Nevermind. I just saw a picture of what looks like to be this exact impact driver combo with both drivers sitting in the case on either side of the charger.
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I'm using a basic generic charger to recharge, Enloop, Duracell, Failsafe and Energizer batteries and never had a issue. I can't say whether a Duracell charger is going to definitely work, since I don't use one. If in doubt try charging a pair of Enloops and see what happens.
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I've got this charger and the matching Shorai battery on my Ducati. The way it works is it plugs into a port on the battery itself and then it has a pig tail come off on the end going to the charger that does have a rubber boot/cover you put over it when you're not charging it. I thought it was a pretty nice setup, but expensive.
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I'm not an expert on these things but I read a lot of ratings for several different ones. The 1700 amps and reviewers are claiming they start bigger vehicles. It sounded like the most power I could get short of some professional models (professionals use ones like this, too). I don't know what you mean about auto charge. The older ones you had to watch charging but this one you can plug it in and leave it on. It was cheaper before Christmas, $109 something. It's just too heavy and clumsy for me. My son-in-law will love it with his bigger vehicles.
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D. Steelman- I don't know what's going on but I'm in the same boat. I ordered this because it was supposed to be a smart charger that knew when to stop the charge. It doesn't. It seemed a cheap alternative to the fancier La Crosse. Instead I feel like I threw away the $22 I paid. (I see now it's going for $10-$11 more, and not sold directly through Amazon.com.) Anyone know the best way to get this exchanged for the advertised model?
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I've only had the 3 bank on board charger for a year, but so far I'm very pleased with it. I too have a 24 volt troller ( with 80 lbs of thrust). I used to have to put a trickle charger on my main battery, but no longer.
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Trey, not sure on that, but will tell you this is not a good spark plug. I installed on my scooter and lost power. I went to an racing import and it is much better. You can find it on here as well, it's like 19 bucks but worth it. Sorry cannot remember the name.