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Cal578 Cal578 is offline
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Re: Anyone have experience with Noco Genius chargers and FRC batteries?

(Quoting myself, to give an update)
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I've looked for another charger that has 4 or more banks, with 6 Amp outputs, but I've had no luck so far. It looks like the Dual-Pro, sold by AndyMark, is the best choice.
We bought the Dual-Pro 3-bank charger, and used it at our second regional competition. We were very happy with it. Although we had brought a couple of standard single chargers as backup, the Dual-Pro was sufficient to carry us through the entire competition. We rotated through 5 competition-quality batteries, and this charger was able to keep them fully charged all weekend.

And, repeating my "challenge":
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I'd like to hear from anyone who finds a good charger with >= 4 banks and 6A each. I'd even be willing to make a summer team project building one, if I found a good plan for it.
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