Thread: Mother of all battery chargers
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Re: Mother of all battery chargers
Neat - although pretty pricey. A team member has a Great Planes Triton charger and it's great - it will only do an SLA at 5A, but it will charge pretty much any type of battery, including nicad, nimh, lithium ion and sla. Also has a discharge circuit, which allows for a reasonable measurement of the capacity of a battery, at least when comparing it to other batteries. The one problem with it is the fact that it runs of 12VDC, requiring a pretty beefy 12V power supply. Has optional temperature monitoring, as well. Put some anderson powerpoles on the end and then you can make adapters for all battery types - we use it to charge everything from the SLA's for the robot, backup batteries, vex batteries, and even battery powered drill batteries.

A link: http://www.towerhobbies.com/products.../gpmm3150.html
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