New fast charger for Li-ion. Not much in the description, but watching the photos, I thought:
- Charges from 10440 to 18650 batts
- Has 4 independent channels
- Difficult to read, but it has 2 channels of 800mA? and 2 of 1200mA?
- 12 volt and 220 volt inputs (both cables included)
- Red LED = charging
- Green blinking LED = 90% charged
- Green LED = full charged...
However, a bit expensive. But glad to see more chargers
It looks nice, but wouldn't charging 10440's at 800ma (and especially 1200ma!!) kill the life of the batteries? I read that they are supposed to be charged at 350ma or under.
I can not confirm about the charging current (can not read the back of the charger in the photo)
Of course, 800 is too too high!
Important point:
You could not charge 4 18650 - two channels are for long batteries (for example 18650), but the two other are only for shorter batteries.
There is a trustfire charegr (looks similar to the Soshine), but the trustfire could charger 4 18650.
Kaidomain offer it:
http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=11414
Yeah, it says it can charge some cells in half an hour... something I'd suggest avoiding trying!
It does, however, claim to use actual cc/cv, so it might be worth considering if someone made some graphs showing it does a good job...
--Bushytails
Soshine always claimed CC/CV, personally I wouldn't bother.
Not so good reviews. Sounds like it should be avoided:
Nice find! But.... is the same charger?
I can't say for sure, so I would just be guessing, but I believe it is similar if not the same. The back of the unit says Sc-S1mix on the label.
If someone can prove it actually is an appropriate CC/CV, this might be something to look at.
I think I am going to mod a cheapo DX charger I already have with the adafruit circuit (link)
I think that is the same one as this Trustfire charger.